CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1124
SPOT 4 DEB
SPOT 4 DEB (NORAD 44587) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 May 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44587
International designator
1998-017H
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
24 Mar 1998Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
11 May 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 1 month8,814 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 98.3°
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 98.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°S.
Life in orbit
SPOT 4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 May 2022
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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