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Entry no.
1960-0019
MIDAS 2 DEB
MIDAS 2 DEB (NORAD 44) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 December 1960.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44
International designator
1960-006B
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 May 1960Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Dec 1960UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 months195 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
33.0°N to 33.0°SFinal inclination 33.0°
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 33.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 33.0°N and 33.0°S.
Life in orbit
MIDAS 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1960-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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