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Entry no.
2023-1990

IRIDIUM 33 DEB

IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 46963) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 2023.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
46963
International designator
1997-051ABV
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 2 months9,581 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

IRIDIUM 33 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 8 Dec 2023

14 entries
2023-1988LEMUR 2 SCHMIDTFALL2023-1989FLOCK 4EP 12023-1998MAYA-52023-1987H-2A R/B2023-1984FENGYUN 1C DEB2023-1985NOAA 16 DEB2023-1986DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB2023-1992RESURS O1 DEB2023-1993COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1994COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1995COSMOS 1408 DEB2023-1996COSMOS 1408 DEB+2 more

From the same launch

1997-051
1997-0258SL-12 R/B2002-0053IRIDIUM 272017-0155IRIDIUM 302018-0242IRIDIUM 312019-0048IRIDIUM 32

Part of a break-up

539 on record
539One of 539 fragments of Iridium 33 on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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