CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0171
IRIDIUM 47 DEB
IRIDIUM 47 DEB (NORAD 40248) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 August 2020.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40248
International designator
1997-082H
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
20 Dec 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Aug 2020UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 years, 7 months8,271 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
85.8°N to 85.8°SFinal inclination 85.8°
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 85.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 85.8°N and 85.8°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 47 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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