CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0071
FOTON-M2 DEB
FOTON-M2 DEB (NORAD 28698) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 June 2005.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28698
International designator
2005-020H
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
31 May 2005Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jun 2005UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 days17 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.9°N to 62.9°SFinal inclination 62.9°
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 62.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.9°N and 62.9°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 17 Jun 2005
1 entryFrom the same launch
2005-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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