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Entry no.
1979-0121
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 6140) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 March 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6140
International designator
1970-025MW
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Mar 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 11 months3,268 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 98.3°
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 98.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°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 20 Mar 1979
1 entryPart of a fragment group
179 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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