RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
NOAA 17 DEB
NOAA 17 DEB (NORAD 48170) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 February 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
48170
International designator
2002-032L
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Feb 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 7 months8,640 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°
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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.
Life in orbit
NOAA 17 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Feb 2026
1 entry
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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