CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
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2024-2061
IRIDIUM 47 DEB
IRIDIUM 47 DEB (NORAD 57003) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
57003
International designator
1997-082U
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
20 Dec 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 11 months9,852 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
86.3°N to 86.3°SFinal inclination 86.3°
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 86.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 86.3°N and 86.3°S.
Life in orbit
IRIDIUM 47 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Dec 2024
19 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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