CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0079
ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB
ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB (NORAD 50145) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 January 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
50145
International designator
1997-084R
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
23 Dec 1997Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jan 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years8,790 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
44.9°N to 44.9°SFinal inclination 44.9°
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 44.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 44.9°N and 44.9°S.
Life in orbit
ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Jan 2022
10 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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