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Entry no.
2024-0701

ORBCOMM FM 36 DEB

ORBCOMM FM 36 DEB (NORAD 56173) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 May 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
56173
International designator
1999-065K
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
4 Dec 1999Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 May 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 5 months8,930 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
44.7°N to 44.7°SFinal inclination 44.7°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 44.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 44.7°N and 44.7°S.

Life in orbit

ORBCOMM FM 36 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 16 May 2024

5 entries
2024-0698STARLINK-22692024-0699STARLINK-31082024-0702CZ-5 R/B2024-0697COSMOS 2251 DEB2024-0700NOAA 17 DEB

From the same launch

1999-065
2002-0054PEGASUS R/B(2)2002-0222PEGASUS R/B(1)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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