RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
NOAA 16 DEB
NOAA 16 DEB (NORAD 41306) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 February 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
41306
International designator
2000-055HJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Sep 2000Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Feb 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 4 months9,278 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
NOAA 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Feb 2026
6 entriesRecorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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