CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0049
UNHA 3 DEB
UNHA 3 DEB (NORAD 39029) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 February 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
39029
International designator
2012-072D
Object type
Fragment
Country
North Korea
Parent launched
12 Dec 2012Sohae
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Feb 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 2 months2,988 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
UNHA 3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Feb 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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