CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1985-0096
WESTAR 6 DEB
WESTAR 6 DEB (NORAD 15556) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 April 1985.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
15556
International designator
1984-011W
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
3 Feb 1984Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Apr 1985UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 2 months446 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.2°N to 28.2°SFinal inclination 28.2°
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 28.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.2°N and 28.2°S.
Life in orbit
WESTAR 6 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1984-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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