RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
NOAA 16 DEB
NOAA 16 DEB (NORAD 41257) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 May 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
41257
International designator
2000-055FH
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Sep 2000Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 May 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 7 months9,355 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 98.9°
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 98.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 May 2026
7 entries
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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