CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0318
NOAA 16 DEB
NOAA 16 DEB (NORAD 41148) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 March 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
41148
International designator
2000-055CF
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Sep 2000Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Mar 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 5 months8,570 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 98.8°
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 98.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Mar 2024
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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