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Entry no.
2023-0329

IRIDIUM 33 DEB

IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 34098) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 February 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
34098
International designator
1997-051DH
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 5 months9,286 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.1°N to 86.1°SFinal inclination 86.1°

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 86.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.1°N and 86.1°S.

Life in orbit

IRIDIUM 33 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 16 Feb 2023

11 entries
2023-0332FLOCK 3P 862023-0340FUTABA2023-0330IRIDIUM 33 DEB2023-0331ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA)2023-0333DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2023-0334NOAA 16 DEB2023-0335RESURS O1 DEB2023-0336RESURS O1 DEB2023-0337COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0338COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-0339COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

1997-051
1997-0258SL-12 R/B2002-0053IRIDIUM 272017-0155IRIDIUM 302018-0242IRIDIUM 312019-0048IRIDIUM 32

Part of a break-up

539 on record
539One of 539 fragments of Iridium 33 on record →
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