CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0354
METEOR 2-5 DEB
METEOR 2-5 DEB (NORAD 36899) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 October 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
36899
International designator
1979-095AQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
31 Oct 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Oct 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
41 years, 11 months15,318 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 81.0°
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 81.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
METEOR 2-5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Oct 2021
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2021-0354
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.