CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1213
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB (NORAD 43391) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 May 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43391
International designator
2009-055S
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Oct 2009Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 May 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 years, 7 months4,608 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
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 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 May 2022
7 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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