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Entry no.
1980-0379
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 5459) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 September 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5459
International designator
1969-082HX
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
30 Sep 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Sep 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 11 months4,012 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.6°N to 70.6°SFinal inclination 70.6°
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 70.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.6°N and 70.6°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 24 Sep 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1969-082Part of a fragment group
207 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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