CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0273
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB (NORAD 41735) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 February 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
41735
International designator
2009-055C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Oct 2009Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years, 4 months5,256 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°
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 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.
Life in orbit
WORLDVIEW 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Feb 2024
8 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-055
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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