CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0405
DMSP 5D-2 F6 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F6 DEB (NORAD 40918) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 February 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40918
International designator
1982-118L
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Dec 1982Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
40 years, 2 months14,679 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.6°N to 81.6°SFinal inclination 98.4°
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 98.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.6°N and 81.6°S.
Life in orbit
DMSP 5D-2 F6 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Feb 2023
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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