CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0634
NOAA 16 DEB
NOAA 16 DEB (NORAD 42420) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 March 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
42420
International designator
2000-055TQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Sep 2000Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Mar 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years, 6 months8,951 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Mar 2025
24 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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