CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1630
NOAA 16 DEB
NOAA 16 DEB (NORAD 42346) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 October 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
42346
International designator
2000-055QN
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Sep 2000Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Oct 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years8,785 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Oct 2024
10 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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