CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0011
IRIDIUM 90
IRIDIUM 90 (NORAD 27373) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 January 2019, after 16 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27373
International designator
2002-005B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Feb 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Jan 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 11 months6,190 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.4°N to 86.4°SFinal inclination 86.4°
Mass
655 kg
Operator
Built by
Motorola
Bus
LM700
Programme
Iridium
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 86.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.4°N and 86.4°S.
Life in orbit
16 years, 11 monthsIRIDIUM 90’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2002-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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