CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1127
DMSP 5D-2 F15 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F15 DEB (NORAD 26146) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 May 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26146
International designator
1999-067D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
12 Dec 1999Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 May 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 5 months8,571 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 98.8°
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 98.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
DMSP 5D-2 F15 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 May 2023
24 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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