CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0150
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB (NORAD 41739) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 August 2018.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
41739
International designator
2009-055G
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Oct 2009Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Aug 2018UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 10 months3,229 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°
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 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.
Life in orbit
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Aug 2018
1 entryFrom the same launch
2009-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2018-0150
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2018-0150
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.