CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0136
WESTFORD NEEDLES
WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 5916) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 April 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5916
International designator
1963-014CV
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Apr 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 11 months3,275 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.9°N to 83.9°SFinal inclination 83.9°
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 83.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.9°N and 83.9°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 26 Apr 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1963-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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