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Entry no.
1978-0530

THORAD AGENA D DEB

THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4238) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4238
International designator
1969-082CQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
30 Sep 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 3 months3,378 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.1°N to 70.1°SFinal inclination 70.1°

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 70.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.1°N and 70.1°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 30 Dec 1978

1 entry
1978-0531SL-8 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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