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Entry no.
1977-0171

WESTFORD NEEDLES

WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 3247) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 April 1977.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3247
International designator
1963-014BM
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Apr 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 years, 10 months5,079 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 4 Apr 1977

1 entry
1977-0172COSMOS 777 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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