RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
METEOR 2-5 DEB
METEOR 2-5 DEB (NORAD 28555) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 August 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28555
International designator
1979-095D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
31 Oct 1979Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Aug 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
46 years, 9 months17,093 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
METEOR 2-5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Aug 2026
3 entriesRecorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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