CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0212
SEASAT 1 DEB
SEASAT 1 DEB (NORAD 31408) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 April 2008.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31408
International designator
1978-064R
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
27 Jun 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Apr 2008UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 years, 9 months10,884 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
72.1°N to 72.1°SFinal inclination 107.9°
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 107.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 72.1°N and 72.1°S.
Life in orbit
SEASAT 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Apr 2008
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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