CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1016
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB (NORAD 40406) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 May 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40406
International designator
1995-015T
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Mar 1995Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
28 years, 1 month10,273 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°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 9 May 2023
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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