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Entry no.
2017-0168
ISS DEB
ISS DEB (NORAD 42697) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 October 2017.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
42697
International designator
1998-067LG
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
20 Nov 1998Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Oct 2017UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 years, 11 months6,917 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
ISS DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1998-067
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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