CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1828
ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB
ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB (NORAD 51091) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 November 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
51091
International designator
1997-084V
Object type
Fragment
Country
ORBCOMM
Parent launched
23 Dec 1997Air launch (Atlantic)
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Nov 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 10 months9,817 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.1°N to 45.1°SFinal inclination 45.1°
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 45.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.1°N and 45.1°S.
Life in orbit
ORBCOMM FM 5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Nov 2024
18 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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