CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0407
ERS 2 DEB
ERS 2 DEB (NORAD 44440) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 December 2020.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44440
International designator
1995-021K
Object type
Fragment
Country
European Space Agency
Parent launched
21 Apr 1995Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Dec 2020UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 7 months9,370 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°
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 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.
Life in orbit
ERS 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Dec 2020
1 entryFrom the same launch
1995-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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