CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0578
IRIDIUM 33 DEB
IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 38471) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 March 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38471
International designator
1997-051ZY
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Mar 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 6 months8,953 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.2°N to 86.2°SFinal inclination 86.2°
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 86.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.2°N and 86.2°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 33 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Mar 2022
10 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-051Part of a break-up
539 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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