CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0605
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 6179) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 November 1976.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6179
International designator
1961-015KK
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Nov 1976UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 4 months5,623 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 20 Nov 1976
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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