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Entry no.
1978-0295

THORAD AGENA D DEB

THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 8606) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 June 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8606
International designator
1969-082KK
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
30 Sep 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Jun 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 8 months3,193 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.0°N to 71.0°SFinal inclination 71.0°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 71.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.0°N and 71.0°S.

Life in orbit

THORAD AGENA D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 28 Jun 1978

5 entries
1978-0296COSMOS 9011978-0293COSMOS 699 DEB1978-0294SL-8 DEB1978-0297COSMOS 1022 DEB1978-0298COSMOS 1022 DEB

From the same launch

1969-082
1970-0243OPS 18072023-0310SOICAL (CYLINDER)

Part of a fragment group

207 on record
207One of 207 fragments of Thorad Agena D on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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