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Entry no.
1976-0559

WESTFORD NEEDLES

WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 3245) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 October 1976.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3245
International designator
1963-014BK
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Oct 1976UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 years, 5 months4,923 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

WESTFORD NEEDLES’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 30 Oct 1976

3 entries
1976-0560WESTFORD NEEDLES1976-0561DIAMANT B DEB1976-0562THOR ABLESTAR 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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