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Entry no.
2012-0151

IRIDIUM 33 DEB

IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 33963) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 April 2012.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33963
International designator
1997-051BY
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Apr 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years, 7 months5,335 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
85.5°N to 85.5°SFinal inclination 85.5°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 85.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 85.5°N and 85.5°S.

Life in orbit

IRIDIUM 33 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 23 Apr 2012

2 entries
2012-0150SL-6 R/B(2)2012-0152COSMOS 2251 DEB

From the same launch

1997-051
1997-0258SL-12 R/B2002-0053IRIDIUM 272017-0155IRIDIUM 302018-0242IRIDIUM 312019-0048IRIDIUM 32

Part of a break-up

539 on record
539One of 539 fragments of Iridium 33 on record →
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