RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
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Entry number
Certificate pending

H-2A DEB

H-2A DEB (NORAD 43371) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 January 2026.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43371
International designator
2002-003F
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
4 Feb 2002Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jan 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 10 months8,734 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.8°N to 28.8°SFinal inclination 28.8°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 28.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.8°N and 28.8°S.

Life in orbit

H-2A DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 3 Jan 2026

2 entries
PendingSTARLINK-2626PendingSTARLINK-11248
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