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Entry no.
1973-0307

WESTFORD NEEDLES

WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 3105) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 June 1973.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3105
International designator
1963-014AW
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jun 1973UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years3,682 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 7 Jun 1973

1 entry
1973-0308COSMOS 561 DEB

From the same launch

1963-014
2011-0387ERS 5
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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