CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-2156
METEOR 2-7 DEB
METEOR 2-7 DEB (NORAD 28601) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 December 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28601
International designator
1981-043K
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
14 May 1981Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
43 years, 7 months15,929 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
METEOR 2-7 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Dec 2024
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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