CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0165
M-5 DEB
M-5 DEB (NORAD 26744) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 March 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26744
International designator
1997-005E
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
12 Feb 1997Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Mar 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 1 month1,865 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.1°N to 31.1°SFinal inclination 31.1°
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 31.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.1°N and 31.1°S.
Life in orbit
M-5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Mar 2002
1 entryFrom the same launch
1997-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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