CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1958
NOAA 17 DEB
NOAA 17 DEB (NORAD 48613) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 November 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
48613
International designator
2002-032AE
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Nov 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 years, 5 months8,191 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.4°N to 81.4°SFinal inclination 98.6°
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 98.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.4°N and 81.4°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 17 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Nov 2024
17 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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