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Entry no.
1999-0106

STS 88 DEB (WIRE CARRIER

STS 88 DEB (WIRE CARRIER (NORAD 25564) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 April 1999.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25564
International designator
1998-069D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
4 Dec 1998Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Apr 1999UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 months125 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.5°N to 51.5°SFinal inclination 51.5°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 51.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.5°N and 51.5°S.

Life in orbit

STS 88 DEB (WIRE CARRIER’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1998-069
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