RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB (NORAD 28346) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 January 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28346
International designator
1991-082BK
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
28 Nov 1991Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
34 years, 1 month12,478 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°
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 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.
Life in orbit
DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Jan 2026
6 entries
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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