CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2026-0070
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB (NORAD 40570) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 January 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40570
International designator
1995-015ED
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Mar 1995Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 9 months11,261 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
DMSP 5D-2 F13 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Jan 2026
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™ on 7 November 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2026-0070
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