CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0083
PSLV DEB
PSLV DEB (NORAD 31403) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 January 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
31403
International designator
1996-017D
Object type
Fragment
Country
India
Parent launched
21 Mar 1996Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jan 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 9 months9,433 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 98.3°
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 98.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°S.
Life in orbit
PSLV DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jan 2022
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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