CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0785
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB (NORAD 40472) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 April 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40472
International designator
1995-015BQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Mar 1995Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Apr 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
28 years10,244 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°
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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Apr 2023
18 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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