CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0331
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB (NORAD 43390) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 February 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43390
International designator
2009-055R
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Oct 2009Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Feb 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 years, 4 months4,519 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
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Feb 2022
9 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-055Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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