CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0440
NOAA 8 DEB
NOAA 8 DEB (NORAD 38839) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 December 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38839
International designator
1983-022L
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
28 Mar 1983Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Dec 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
38 years, 8 months14,130 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.6°N to 81.6°SFinal inclination 98.4°
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 98.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.6°N and 81.6°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 8 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Dec 2021
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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