CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1474
ERS 1 DEB
ERS 1 DEB (NORAD 35261) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 August 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
35261
International designator
1991-050Q
Object type
Fragment
Country
European Space Agency
Parent launched
17 Jul 1991Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Aug 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
32 years11,713 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
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 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
ERS 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Aug 2023
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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