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1972-0115

THORAD AGENA D DEB

THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4984) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 April 1972.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4984
International designator
1970-025HE
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Apr 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years734 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.1°N to 80.1°SFinal inclination 99.9°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 99.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.1°N and 80.1°S.

Life in orbit

THORAD AGENA D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Came down with THORAD AGENA D DEB

5 entries
1972-0118OPS 16781972-0120INTERCOSMOS 61972-0119SL-4 R/B1972-0116THORAD AGENA D DEB1972-0117SL-8 DEB

Part of a fragment group

179 on record
179One of 179 fragments of Thorad Agena D on record →
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