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Entry no.
2017-0187
OPS 5118 DEB
OPS 5118 DEB (NORAD 21944) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 December 2017.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21944
International designator
1980-032C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
26 Apr 1980Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Dec 2017UTC calendar day
Time since launch
37 years, 7 months13,737 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
OPS 5118 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Dec 2017
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1980-032
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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