CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0330
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 99) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 July 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
99
International designator
1960-003D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
13 Apr 1960Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jul 1979UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 17 Jul 1979
Time since launch
19 years, 3 months7,032 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.3°N to 51.3°SFinal inclination 51.3°
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 51.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.3°N and 51.3°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Jul 1979
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1960-003
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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