CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0606
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 468) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 December 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
468
International designator
1961-015FE
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Dec 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 years, 5 months7,462 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
66.6°N to 66.6°SFinal inclination 66.6°
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 66.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 66.6°N and 66.6°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Dec 1981
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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