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Entry no.
2021-0221

IRIDIUM 91 DEB

IRIDIUM 91 DEB (NORAD 40326) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 June 2021.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40326
International designator
2002-005J
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
11 Feb 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jun 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 4 months7,073 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.4°N to 86.4°SFinal inclination 86.4°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 86.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.4°N and 86.4°S.

Life in orbit

IRIDIUM 91 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 24 Jun 2021

1 entry
2021-0220SL-6 R/B(2)

From the same launch

2002-005
2002-0387DELTA 2 R/B2018-0081IRIDIUM 942019-0011IRIDIUM 902019-0054IRIDIUM 912019-0066IRIDIUM 952020-0122IRIDIUM 96
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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