RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
ERS 1 DEB
ERS 1 DEB (NORAD 42669) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 February 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
42669
International designator
1991-050T
Object type
Fragment
Country
European Space Agency
Parent launched
17 Jul 1991Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Feb 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
34 years, 6 months12,626 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
ERS 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Feb 2026
1 entry
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
orbitalradar.com/register/norad/42669
© 2026 Orbital Radar.
orbitalradar.com/register/norad/42669
© 2026 Orbital Radar.