CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0226
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB (NORAD 44017) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 August 2019.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44017
International designator
1998-046L
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
2 Aug 1998Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Aug 2019UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 years7,694 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.5°N to 45.5°SFinal inclination 45.5°
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 45.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.5°N and 45.5°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 26 Aug 2019
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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