CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0485
IRIDIUM 47 DEB
IRIDIUM 47 DEB (NORAD 40252) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 March 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40252
International designator
1997-082M
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
20 Dec 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Mar 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 2 months9,212 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.4°N to 86.4°SFinal inclination 86.4°
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 86.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.4°N and 86.4°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 47 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with IRIDIUM 47 DEB
20 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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