CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0621
FR 1 DEB (DESPIN WT)
FR 1 DEB (DESPIN WT) (NORAD 1934) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1934
International designator
1965-101C
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
6 Dec 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years5,848 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
76.4°N to 76.4°SFinal inclination 76.4°
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 76.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 76.4°N and 76.4°S.
Life in orbit
FR 1 DEB (DESPIN WT)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Dec 1981
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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