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Entry no.
2024-0134

IRIDIUM 33 DEB

IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 37549) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 January 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
37549
International designator
1997-051XJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jan 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 4 months9,631 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 27 Jan 2024

6 entries
2024-0136LEMUR 2 OSCARLATOR2024-0137STARLINK-303372024-0138CZ-7 R/B2024-0132CBERS 1 DEB2024-0133IRIDIUM 33 DEB2024-0135FENGYUN 1C DEB

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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