CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1965-0272
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 1251) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 July 1965.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1251
International designator
1965-017E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
11 Mar 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jul 1965UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 1 Aug 1965
Time since launch
4 months141 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
90.0°N to 90.0°SFinal inclination 90.0°
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 90.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 90.0°N and 90.0°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1965-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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