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Entry no.
2002-0197

PSLV DEB

PSLV DEB (NORAD 27079) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 April 2002.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27079
International designator
2001-049X
Object type
Fragment
Country
India
Parent launched
22 Oct 2001Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Apr 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 months167 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 allowed
Exact 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

PSLV DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Came down with PSLV DEB

2 entries
2002-0196SAC-B/HETE/PEGASUS2002-0198PSLV DEB

From the same launch

2001-049
2023-1717BIRD 22025-1898TESPendingPSLV R/B

Part of a fragment group

339 on record
339One of 339 fragments of PSLV on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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