CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0095
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4897) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 March 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4897
International designator
1969-082HF
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
30 Sep 1969Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Mar 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 years, 5 months4,180 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
70.2°N to 70.2°SFinal inclination 70.2°
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 70.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 70.2°N and 70.2°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 11 Mar 1981
1 entryFrom 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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