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Entry no.
1985-0433

SOLWIND DEB

SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16043) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 December 1985.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16043
International designator
1979-017W
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Dec 1985UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 9 months2,489 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

Also ended on 18 Dec 1985

1 entry
1985-0434SALYUT 7 DEB

From the same launch

1979-017
1983-0400ATLAS R/B1992-0178SOLWIND

Part of a fragment group

284 on record
284One of 284 fragments of Solwind on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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