CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0207
THOR ALTAIR DEB
THOR ALTAIR DEB (NORAD 1463) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 May 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1463
International designator
1965-021F
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
18 Mar 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 May 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years, 2 months5,174 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ALTAIR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1965-021
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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