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Entry no.
2024-1185

IRIDIUM 33 DEB

IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 36015) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 August 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
36015
International designator
1997-051UW
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 11 months9,831 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 14 Aug 2024

10 entries
2024-1188LEMUR 2 HIMOMANDDAD2024-1189STARLINK-11402024-1190SIMBA2024-1191FLOCK 4X 212024-1192STARLINK-52302024-1193ELECTRON R/B2024-1183COSMOS 374 DEB *2024-1184COSMOS 2251 DEB2024-1186METEOR 1-11 DEB2024-1187FREGAT 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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