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Debris object · NORAD 56173 · COSPAR 1999-065K

ORBCOMM FM36 DEB

DecayedDebrisLEODebris derived

Altitude now

—

object decayed

Velocity

—

Inclination

44.65°

Period

96.0 min

96.0 min

Perigee

542km

Apogee

588km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 16 May 2024.· Metadata updated 9 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 16 May 2024 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 FM36 DEBCelestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
04 Dec 1999
COSPAR launch id
1999-065
Launch site
Eastern Range Airspace (air launch)

Objects from the same launch · 17

All objects from launch 1999-065 →

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
56173
COSPAR / international designator
1999-065K
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JWGA1WQ1PAN9M064YW5
Canonical slug
orbcomm-fm36-deb-56173

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.