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Entry no.
1978-0323

THORAD AGENA D DEB

THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4887) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 July 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4887
International designator
1969-082GW
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
30 Sep 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jul 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 9 months3,211 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

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

Also ended on 16 Jul 1978

1 entry
1978-0324DELTA 1 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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