CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1967-0163
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 239) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 June 1967.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
239
International designator
1961-015BX
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jun 1967UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 11 months2,179 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.0°N to 67.0°SFinal inclination 67.0°
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 67.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.0°N and 67.0°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jun 1967
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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