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Entry no.
2013-0009

IRIDIUM 33 DEB

IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 38476) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 January 2013.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38476
International designator
1997-051AAD
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jan 2013UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 3 months5,598 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 11 Jan 2013

1 entry
2013-0008SL-12 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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