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Entry no.
1977-0004

WESTFORD NEEDLES

WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 2533) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 January 1977.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
2533
International designator
1963-014AM
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jan 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 years, 7 months4,988 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 3 Jan 1977

7 entries
1977-0005SL-12 R/B(1)1977-0006WESTFORD NEEDLES1977-0007THOR ABLESTAR DEB1977-0008COSMOS 252 DEB1977-0009SL-12 PLAT1977-0010SL-3 DEB1977-0011COSMOS 884 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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