CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0670
ERS 1 DEB
ERS 1 DEB (NORAD 48172) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 March 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
48172
International designator
1991-050U
Object type
Fragment
Country
European Space Agency
Parent launched
17 Jul 1991Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Mar 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
33 years, 8 months12,309 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
ERS 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Mar 2025
16 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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