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Debris object · NORAD 28940 · COSPAR 2006-005B

M-5 DEB

DecayedDebrisLEODebris derived
  • Operator Japan
  • Constellation
  • Country Japan

Altitude now

object decayed

Velocity

Inclination

98.15°

Period

88.5 min

88.5 min

Perigee

187km

Apogee

214km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 05 Jun 2006.· Metadata updated 9 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 05 Jun 2006 and is no longer tracked.

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Debris
Object type
Debris
SATCAT ops status
Decayed [D]
Radar cross-section
0.0 m²

CelesTrak groups

Not listed in any CelesTrak group.

Aliases

  • M-5 DEBCelestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
JPN · Japan
Country
Japan JP

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
21 Feb 2006
COSPAR launch id
2006-005

Objects from the same launch · 4

Change log

History

No changes recorded since first ingestion on 11 Sept 2026 18:54 UTC. Status, orbit class, name and ownership changes are logged here as sources are re-ingested.

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources

No source is linked to this record yet — the catalogue row exists but no provenance entry has been written for it.

Field provenance

No field-level provenance recorded.

Timeline

Events

All events

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
28940
COSPAR / international designator
2006-005B
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JQWRGECPV9WZDMJBBW8
Canonical slug
m-5-deb-28940

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Debris) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.