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Entry no.
1977-0075

WESTFORD NEEDLES

WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 5500) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 January 1977.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5500
International designator
1963-014CP
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Jan 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 years, 8 months5,008 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 23 Jan 1977

4 entries
1977-0077SL-6 R/B1977-0074COSMOS 249 DEB *1977-0076THORAD AGENA D DEB1977-0078COSMOS 888 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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