CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0484
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 5363) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 November 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5363
International designator
1965-065R
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
13 Aug 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Nov 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 2 months5,567 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.9°N to 89.9°SFinal inclination 89.9°
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 89.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.9°N and 89.9°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Nov 1980
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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