CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0204
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB (NORAD 29072) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 February 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
29072
International designator
1991-082BT
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
28 Nov 1991Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
31 years, 2 months11,390 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 98.9°
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 98.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Feb 2023
18 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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