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Entry no.
2024-1562

IRIDIUM 33 DEB

IRIDIUM 33 DEB (NORAD 38025) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38025
International designator
1997-051YM
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Sep 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
27 years9,880 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 2 Oct 2024

5 entries
2024-1563ZHUHAI-1 OHS-032024-1564STARLINK-10072024-1565MISR-A-12024-1567ELECTRON R/B2024-1566OBJECT D

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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