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Debris object · NORAD 50145 · COSPAR 1997-084R

ORBCOMM FM05 DEB

DecayedDebrisLEODebris derived

Altitude now

—

object decayed

Velocity

—

Inclination

44.89°

Period

97.9 min

97.9 min

Perigee

530km

Apogee

787km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 16 Jan 2022.· Metadata updated 8 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 16 Jan 2022 and is no longer tracked.

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Not listed in any CelesTrak group.

Aliases

  • ORBCOMM FM05 DEBCelestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
ORBCOMM
SATCAT owner code
ORB · ORBCOMM
Country
United States US

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
23 Dec 1997
COSPAR launch id
1997-084
Launch site
Eastern Range Airspace (air launch)

Objects from the same launch · 23

All objects from launch 1997-084 →

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
50145
COSPAR / international designator
1997-084R
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JVXPN6MEPXR79WW16EH
Canonical slug
orbcomm-fm05-deb-50145

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.