CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0287
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB (NORAD 44020) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 August 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44020
International designator
1998-046P
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
2 Aug 1998Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Aug 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years8,418 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Aug 2021
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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