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Entry no.
1986-0191
SOLWIND DEB
SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16299) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 May 1986.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16299
International designator
1979-017BR
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
4 May 1986UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 2 months2,626 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
SOLWIND DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1979-017Part of a fragment group
284 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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