CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0264
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB (NORAD 21800) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 September 2011.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21800
International designator
1991-082B
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
28 Nov 1991Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Sep 2011UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 9 months7,233 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 98.8°
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 98.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Sep 2011
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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