CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1802
NOAA 16 DEB
NOAA 16 DEB (NORAD 41278) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
41278
International designator
2000-055GE
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Sep 2000Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 1 month8,812 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 98.8°
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 98.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Nov 2024
13 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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