CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1639
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB (NORAD 44027) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 July 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44027
International designator
1998-046W
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
2 Aug 1998Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jul 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 11 months8,764 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.3°N to 45.3°SFinal inclination 45.3°
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 45.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.3°N and 45.3°S.
Life in orbit
ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Jul 2022
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1998-046
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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