CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0069
ATLAS F BURNER 2 DEB
ATLAS F BURNER 2 DEB (NORAD 6221) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 February 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6221
International designator
1972-076D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
2 Oct 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Feb 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 years, 4 months10,720 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.4°N to 81.4°SFinal inclination 98.6°
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 98.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.4°N and 81.4°S.
Life in orbit
ATLAS F BURNER 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Feb 2002
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1972-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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