CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0136
THOR ABLE DEB (YO)
THOR ABLE DEB (YO) (NORAD 101) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 April 1983.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
101
International designator
1960-002C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
1 Apr 1960Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Apr 1983UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years8,416 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.5°N to 48.5°SFinal inclination 48.5°
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 48.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.5°N and 48.5°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLE DEB (YO)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Apr 1983
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1960-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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