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Entry no.
2023-1294

PSLV DEB

PSLV DEB (NORAD 28859) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 June 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28859
International designator
2001-049PM
Object type
Fragment
Country
India
Parent launched
22 Oct 2001Sriharikota
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jun 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 years, 8 months7,920 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 29 Jun 2023

4 entries
2023-1297FOSSASAT2E62023-1298JANUS-12023-1295COSMOS 2251 DEB2023-1296COSMOS 1408 DEB

From the same launch

2001-049
2023-1717BIRD 22025-1898TESPendingPSLV R/B

Part of a fragment group

339 on record
339One of 339 fragments of PSLV on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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