CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0230
ERS 2 DEB
ERS 2 DEB (NORAD 39478) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 May 2014.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
39478
International designator
1995-021H
Object type
Fragment
Country
European Space Agency
Parent launched
21 Apr 1995Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
8 May 2014UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years6,957 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°
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 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.
Life in orbit
ERS 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 May 2014
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1995-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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