CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0045
METEOR 1-10 DEB
METEOR 1-10 DEB (NORAD 26784) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 January 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26784
International designator
1971-120J
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
29 Dec 1971Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jan 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 1 month10,990 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 81.2°
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 81.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°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 Jan 2002
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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