CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1541
NOAA 17 DEB
NOAA 17 DEB (NORAD 48750) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 September 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
48750
International designator
2002-032CK
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Sep 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 3 months8,496 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 98.9°
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 98.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 17 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Sep 2025
2 entriesEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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