CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0094
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB (NORAD 44022) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 March 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44022
International designator
1998-046R
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
2 Aug 1998Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Mar 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 years, 7 months8,261 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.4°N to 45.4°SFinal inclination 45.4°
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 45.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.4°N and 45.4°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 15 Mar 2021
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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