CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1364
IRIDIUM 91 DEB
IRIDIUM 91 DEB (NORAD 40327) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 July 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40327
International designator
2002-005K
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
11 Feb 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jul 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 years, 5 months7,827 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.3°N to 86.3°SFinal inclination 86.3°
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 86.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.3°N and 86.3°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 91 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Jul 2023
14 entriesFrom the same launch
2002-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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