CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0030
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 3037) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 February 1968.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3037
International designator
1961-015HW
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Feb 1968UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 7 months2,408 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.5°N to 67.5°SFinal inclination 67.5°
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 67.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.5°N and 67.5°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Feb 1968
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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