CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1893
MINOTAUR 4 DEB
MINOTAUR 4 DEB (NORAD 52977) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 September 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
52977
International designator
2020-046AE
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
15 Jul 2020Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Sep 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 2 months797 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
54.0°N to 54.0°SFinal inclination 54.0°
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 54.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 54.0°N and 54.0°S.
Life in orbit
MINOTAUR 4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Sep 2022
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2022-1893
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.