CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0496
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 5868) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 October 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5868
International designator
1969-082JZ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
30 Sep 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Oct 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years3,675 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
THORAD AGENA D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Oct 1979
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1969-082Part of a fragment group
207 on recordEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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