CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0030
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4540) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 February 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4540
International designator
1969-082GH
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
30 Sep 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Feb 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 4 months856 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.7°N to 69.7°SFinal inclination 69.7°
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 69.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.7°N and 69.7°S.
Life in orbit
THORAD AGENA D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1969-082Part of a fragment group
207 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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