CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0006
H-2A DEB
H-2A DEB (NORAD 43240) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 January 2020.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43240
International designator
2018-021D
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
27 Feb 2018Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jan 2020UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 10 months682 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
H-2A DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Jan 2020
1 entryFrom the same launch
2018-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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