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2012-0289

IRIDIUM 33 DEB

IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 38475) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 August 2012.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38475
International designator
1997-051AAC
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Aug 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years, 10 months5,446 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.3°N to 86.3°SFinal inclination 86.3°

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 86.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.3°N and 86.3°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 12 Aug 2012

1 entry
2012-0288COSMOS 1109 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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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