CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0597
MINOTAUR 4 DEB
MINOTAUR 4 DEB (NORAD 52981) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 March 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
52981
International designator
2020-046AJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
15 Jul 2020Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Mar 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 8 months1,707 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
53.9°N to 53.9°SFinal inclination 53.9°
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 53.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 53.9°N and 53.9°S.
Life in orbit
MINOTAUR 4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Mar 2025
15 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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