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Entry no.
2023-0067

ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB

ORBCOMM FM 16 DEB (NORAD 44018) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 January 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44018
International designator
1998-046M
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
2 Aug 1998Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Jan 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 5 months8,928 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 allowed
Exact 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 11 Jan 2023

8 entries
2023-0072DRAGON CRS-262023-0064FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-0065FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-0066FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-0068RESURS O1 DEB2023-0069COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0070COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0071COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

1998-046
1999-0007PEGASUS R/B(1)2000-0384PEGASUS R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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