CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0029
NOAA 17 DEB
NOAA 17 DEB (NORAD 48173) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 January 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
48173
International designator
2002-032N
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 years, 6 months8,229 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 3 Jan 2025
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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