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1970-0188

WESTFORD NEEDLES

WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 3238) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 September 1970.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3238
International designator
1963-014BC
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Sep 1970UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 2 Sep 1970
Time since launch
7 years, 3 months2,677 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

WESTFORD NEEDLES’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1963-014
2011-0387ERS 5
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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