CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0494
NOAA 10 DEB
NOAA 10 DEB (NORAD 45862) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 March 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
45862
International designator
1986-073J
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
17 Sep 1986Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Mar 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
35 years, 5 months12,960 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°
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 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 10 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Mar 2022
9 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2022-0494
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2022-0494
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.