CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0117
FOTON-M2 DEB
FOTON-M2 DEB (NORAD 28694) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 July 2005.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28694
International designator
2005-020D
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
31 May 2005Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jul 2005UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month60 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.0°N to 63.0°SFinal inclination 63.0°
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 63.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.0°N and 63.0°S.
Life in orbit
FOTON-M2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2005-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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