CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0054
IRIDIUM 91
IRIDIUM 91 (NORAD 27372) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 March 2019 over Asia, after 17 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27372
International designator
2002-005A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
11 Feb 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Mar 2019Recorded time 08:39 UTC
Time in orbit
17 years, 1 month6,239 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.6°N to 86.6°SFinal inclination 86.6°
Mass
655 kg
Operator
Built by
Motorola
Bus
LM700
Programme
Iridium
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 55.0°N, 85.0°E at 08:39 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 86.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.6°N and 86.6°S.
Life in orbit
17 years, 1 monthIRIDIUM 91’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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