CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0003
THOR ALTAIR DEB
THOR ALTAIR DEB (NORAD 2178) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 1983.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
2178
International designator
1966-026E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
31 Mar 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 1983UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 9 months6,125 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°
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 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ALTAIR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jan 1983
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1966-026
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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