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Entry no.
1999-0240
M-5 DEB
M-5 DEB (NORAD 25856) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 July 1999.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25856
International designator
1997-005C
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
12 Feb 1997Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jul 1999UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 5 months885 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.2°N to 31.2°SFinal inclination 31.2°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 31.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.2°N and 31.2°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 17 Jul 1999
1 entryFrom the same launch
1997-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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