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Entry no.
2001-0261
METEOR 1-10 DEB
METEOR 1-10 DEB (NORAD 23481) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 September 2001.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23481
International designator
1971-120G
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
29 Dec 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Sep 2001UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 years, 9 months10,868 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 81.1°
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 81.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
METEOR 1-10 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Sep 2001
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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