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Entry no.
1986-0339
SOLWIND DEB
SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16421) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 August 1986.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16421
International designator
1979-017EB
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Aug 1986UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 6 months2,740 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
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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