CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0741
IRIDIUM 33 DEB
IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 38231) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 April 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38231
International designator
1997-051ZF
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Apr 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 6 months8,970 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 6 Apr 2022
12 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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