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Entry no.
2005-0051

TIROS N DEB

TIROS N DEB (NORAD 28267) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 May 2005.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28267
International designator
1978-096H
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
13 Oct 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 May 2005UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 6 months9,705 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°

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 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.

Life in orbit

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

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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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