CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0126
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB (NORAD 44021) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 May 2019.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44021
International designator
1998-046Q
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
2 Aug 1998Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
5 May 2019UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 years, 9 months7,581 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.7°N to 45.7°SFinal inclination 45.7°
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 45.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.7°N and 45.7°S.
Life in orbit
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 May 2019
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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