CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0261
PSLV DEB
PSLV DEB (NORAD 27077) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 May 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27077
International designator
2001-049V
Object type
Fragment
Country
India
Parent launched
22 Oct 2001Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
8 May 2002UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 6 May 2002
Time since launch
6 months198 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
PSLV DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 May 2002
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2001-049Part of a fragment group
339 on recordEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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