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Entry no.
1987-0083
SOLWIND DEB
SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16535) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 March 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16535
International designator
1979-017FZ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Mar 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years2,939 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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