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Entry no.
1987-0264

WESTAR 6 DEB

WESTAR 6 DEB (NORAD 14970) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 July 1987.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
14970
International designator
1984-011V
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
3 Feb 1984Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jul 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 5 months1,259 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
27.9°N to 27.9°SFinal inclination 27.9°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 27.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 27.9°N and 27.9°S.

Life in orbit

WESTAR 6 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 16 Jul 1987

1 entry
1987-0265SL-4 R/B

From the same launch

1984-011
1984-0056STS 41B1984-0058IRT1984-0507WESTAR 61984-0508PALAPA B22000-0261PALAPA B2 R/B(PAM-D)2014-0669WESTAR 6 R/B(PAM-D)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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