CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0330
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB (NORAD 42273) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 February 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
42273
International designator
1995-015GP
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Mar 1995Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Feb 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 years, 10 months10,917 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°
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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Feb 2025
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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