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Entry no.
1979-0099
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 149) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 March 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
149
International designator
1961-015AK
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Mar 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 8 months6,456 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
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Mar 1979
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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