RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
DMSP 5D-2 F14 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F14 DEB (NORAD 24778) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 June 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24778
International designator
1997-012E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
4 Apr 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jun 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
29 years, 2 months10,664 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 98.8°
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 98.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°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 15 Jun 2026
8 entries
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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