CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0247
NOAA 16 DEB
NOAA 16 DEB (NORAD 42431) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 January 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
42431
International designator
2000-055UB
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Sep 2000Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 4 months8,898 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
NOAA 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Jan 2025
10 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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