CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0468
IRIDIUM 33 DEB
IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 34149) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 December 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
34149
International designator
1997-051EC
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Dec 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 3 months5,580 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.2°N to 86.2°SFinal inclination 86.2°
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 86.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.2°N and 86.2°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 33 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Dec 2012
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-051Part of a break-up
539 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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