CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0630
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4541) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 December 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4541
International designator
1969-082GJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
30 Sep 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Dec 1979UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 20 Dec 1979
Time since launch
10 years, 2 months3,742 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.1°N to 70.1°SFinal inclination 70.1°
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 70.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.1°N and 70.1°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 29 Dec 1979
2 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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