CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1660
IRIDIUM 33 DEB
IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 38237) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 August 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38237
International designator
1997-051ZM
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Aug 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 10 months9,091 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.3°N to 86.3°SFinal inclination 86.3°
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 86.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.3°N and 86.3°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 33 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Aug 2022
1 entryFrom 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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