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Entry no.
1982-0496

WESTFORD NEEDLES

WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 5954) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 November 1982.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5954
International designator
1963-014CX
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Nov 1982UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 6 months7,137 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

WESTFORD NEEDLES’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 22 Nov 1982

8 entries
1982-0499SL-4 R/B1982-0492COSMOS 252 DEB1982-0493TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1982-0494DIAMANT DEB1982-0495VANGUARD DEB1982-0497DELTA 1 DEB1982-0498WESTFORD NEEDLES1982-0500SL-4 DEB

From the same launch

1963-014
2011-0387ERS 5
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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