CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0469
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4248) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 November 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4248
International designator
1969-082CX
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
30 Sep 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Nov 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 1 month3,339 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.9°N to 69.9°SFinal inclination 69.9°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 69.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.9°N and 69.9°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 21 Nov 1978
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1969-082Part of a fragment group
207 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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