CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1969-0103
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 237) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 1969.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
237
International designator
1961-015BV
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 1969UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 9 months2,844 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.2°N to 67.2°SFinal inclination 67.2°
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 67.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.2°N and 67.2°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Apr 1969
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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