CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0282
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 4027) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 December 1970.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4027
International designator
1961-015JP
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Dec 1970UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 5 months3,460 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.5°N to 64.5°SFinal inclination 64.5°
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 64.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.5°N and 64.5°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Dec 1970
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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