CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0184
MINOTAUR DEB
MINOTAUR DEB (NORAD 28873) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 October 2005.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28873
International designator
2005-037C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Sep 2005Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Oct 2005UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month33 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.7°N to 83.7°SFinal inclination 96.3°
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 96.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.7°N and 83.7°S.
Life in orbit
MINOTAUR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Oct 2005
1 entryFrom the same launch
2005-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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