CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0200
EARLY BIRD
EARLY BIRD (NORAD 25123) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 July 2000, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25123
International designator
1997-085A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Dec 1997Svobodny
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jul 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months946 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
Mass
284 kg
Operator
EarthWatch
Built by
OSC-McLean
Bus
LEOStar
Programme
EarlyBird
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 7 monthsEARLY BIRD’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-085
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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