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Entry no.
2018-0038
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB (NORAD 40503) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 March 2018.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40503
International designator
1995-015CS
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Mar 1995Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Mar 2018UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 years, 11 months8,378 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
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Mar 2018
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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