CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0609
BLACK ARROW DEB
BLACK ARROW DEB (NORAD 5582) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 December 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5582
International designator
1971-093C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United Kingdom
Parent launched
28 Oct 1971Woomera
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Dec 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 1 month2,971 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
BLACK ARROW DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Dec 1979
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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