CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0042
METEOR 2-5 DEB
METEOR 2-5 DEB (NORAD 36920) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 February 2016.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
36920
International designator
1979-095BM
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
31 Oct 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Feb 2016UTC calendar day
Time since launch
36 years, 3 months13,261 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 81.1°
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 81.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
METEOR 2-5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Feb 2016
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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