CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0264
IRIDIUM 47 DEB
IRIDIUM 47 DEB (NORAD 40253) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 May 2015.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40253
International designator
1997-082N
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
20 Dec 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 May 2015UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 5 months6,362 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.1°N to 86.1°SFinal inclination 86.1°
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 86.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.1°N and 86.1°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 47 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 May 2015
1 entryFrom the same launch
1997-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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