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Entry no.
1972-0068
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4949) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 March 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4949
International designator
1970-025GK
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Mar 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 10 months697 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
79.7°N to 79.7°SFinal inclination 100.3°
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 100.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 79.7°N and 79.7°S.
Life in orbit
THORAD AGENA D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Mar 1972
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
179 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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