CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2026-0324
DMSP 5D-2 F14 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F14 DEB (NORAD 62936) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 March 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
62936
International designator
1997-012G
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
4 Apr 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Mar 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
28 years, 11 months10,577 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.8°N to 80.8°SFinal inclination 99.2°
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 99.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.8°N and 80.8°S.
Life in orbit
DMSP 5D-2 F14 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Mar 2026
4 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™ on 7 November 2026.
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