CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0287
TRMM
TRMM (NORAD 25063) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 June 2015 over the Indian Ocean, after 17 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25063
International designator
1997-074A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
27 Nov 1997Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jun 2015Recorded time 03:55 UTC
Time in orbit
17 years, 6 months6,410 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
34.9°N to 34.9°SFinal inclination 34.9°
Mass
3,950 kg
Operator
GSFC
Built by
GSFC
Bus
TRMM
Programme
Earth Probe
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 19.0°S, 87.0°E at 03:55 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 34.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 34.9°N and 34.9°S.
Life in orbit
17 years, 6 monthsTRMM’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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