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Entry no.
2024-2147

NOAA 17 DEB

NOAA 17 DEB (NORAD 48177) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 December 2024.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
48177
International designator
2002-032S
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 years, 5 months8,216 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

NOAA 17 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 Dec 2024

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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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