CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0560
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 5791) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 December 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5791
International designator
1969-082JT
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
30 Sep 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 1980UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 3 Jan 1977
Time since launch
11 years, 2 months4,102 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
69.8°N to 69.8°SFinal inclination 69.8°
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 69.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 69.8°N and 69.8°S.
Life in orbit
THORAD AGENA D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From 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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