CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1644
ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB
ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB (NORAD 50142) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 September 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
50142
International designator
1997-084N
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
23 Dec 1997Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 9 months9,409 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
44.8°N to 44.8°SFinal inclination 44.8°
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 44.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 44.8°N and 44.8°S.
Life in orbit
ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Sep 2023
6 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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