CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0140
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB (NORAD 43389) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 July 2018.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43389
International designator
2009-055Q
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Oct 2009Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jul 2018UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 9 months3,218 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.4°N to 81.4°SFinal inclination 98.6°
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 98.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.4°N and 81.4°S.
Life in orbit
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Jul 2018
1 entryFrom the same launch
2009-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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