CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0214
PSLV DEB
PSLV DEB (NORAD 27159) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 August 2009.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27159
International designator
2001-049DF
Object type
Fragment
Country
India
Parent launched
22 Oct 2001Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Aug 2009UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 10 months2,864 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°
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 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.
Life in orbit
PSLV DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Aug 2009
1 entryFrom the same launch
2001-049Part of a fragment group
339 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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