CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0495
ELECTRON DEB
ELECTRON DEB (NORAD 49471) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 March 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49471
International designator
2021-106C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
18 Nov 2021Rocket Lab Launch Complex
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Mar 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 months114 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
42.0°N to 42.0°SFinal inclination 42.0°
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 42.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 42.0°N and 42.0°S.
Life in orbit
ELECTRON DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Mar 2022
9 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-106
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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