CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0046
M-5 DEB
M-5 DEB (NORAD 28940) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 June 2006.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28940
International designator
2006-005B
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
21 Feb 2006Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Jun 2006UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 months104 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 98.1°
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 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
M-5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Jun 2006
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2006-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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