CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0523
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8740) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 December 1977.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8740
International designator
1974-101F
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 Dec 1974Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Dec 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years1,102 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
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Dec 1977
1 entryFrom the same launch
1974-101
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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