CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0144
METEOR 2-5 DEB
METEOR 2-5 DEB (NORAD 36886) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 August 2018.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
36886
International designator
1979-095AB
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
31 Oct 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Aug 2018UTC calendar day
Time since launch
38 years, 9 months14,158 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.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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