CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0278
IRIDIUM 47 DEB
IRIDIUM 47 DEB (NORAD 57002) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 February 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
57002
International designator
1997-082T
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
20 Dec 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Feb 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 2 months9,566 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 47 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
1997-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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