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Entry no.
2023-1048

NOAA 17 DEB

NOAA 17 DEB (NORAD 49488) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 May 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
49488
International designator
2002-032DS
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 years, 10 months7,626 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

NOAA 17 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 11 May 2023

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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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