CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1967-0216
THOR ABLESTAR R/B
THOR ABLESTAR R/B (NORAD 1228) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 September 1967, after 2 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1228
International designator
1965-017C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
11 Mar 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Sep 1967UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 5 months907 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
90.0°N to 90.0°SFinal inclination 90.0°
Mass
670 kg
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
2 years, 5 monthsTHOR ABLESTAR R/B’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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