CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0398
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB (NORAD 43387) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43387
International designator
2009-055N
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Oct 2009Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 years4,412 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 97.9°
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 97.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.
Life in orbit
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Nov 2021
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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