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Entry no.
2022-1019

ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB

ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB (NORAD 50144) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 April 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
50144
International designator
1997-084Q
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
23 Dec 1997Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Apr 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 4 months8,892 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
44.8°N to 44.8°SFinal inclination 44.8°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 44.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 44.8°N and 44.8°S.

Life in orbit

ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 28 Apr 2022

8 entries
2022-1017COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1018COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1020COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1021COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1022COSMOS 1408 DEB2022-1023FALCON 9 DEB2022-1024FALCON 9 DEB2022-1025FALCON 9 DEB

From the same launch

1997-084
1998-0384PEGASUS R/B2001-0233HAPS
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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