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Entry no.
2002-0479
M-3S2 DEB
M-3S2 DEB (NORAD 19963) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 December 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19963
International designator
1989-016M
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
21 Feb 1989Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Dec 2002UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 30 Nov 2002
Time since launch
13 years, 9 months5,031 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.9°N to 74.9°SFinal inclination 74.9°
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 74.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.9°N and 74.9°S.
Life in orbit
M-3S2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1989-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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