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Entry no.
2024-0990

IRIDIUM 33 DEB

IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 46981) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 July 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
46981
International designator
1997-051ACP
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jul 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 9 months9,795 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 9 Jul 2024

5 entries
2024-0992ELECTRON R/B2024-0988FENGYUN 1C DEB2024-0989CZ-4 DEB2024-0991NOAA 17 DEB2024-0993RESURS P1 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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