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Entry no.
2025-1770

NOAA 17 DEB

NOAA 17 DEB (NORAD 48732) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 November 2025.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
48732
International designator
2002-032BR
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Nov 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 4 months8,551 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 allowed
Exact 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

NOAA 17 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 Nov 2025

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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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