CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0250
WIRE DEB
WIRE DEB (NORAD 25648) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 September 2001.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25648
International designator
1999-011C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
5 Mar 1999Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Sep 2001UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 24 Sep 2001
Time since launch
2 years, 6 months935 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
WIRE DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1999-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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