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Entry no.
1987-0321

SOLWIND DEB

SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 17172) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 August 1987.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17172
International designator
1979-017JQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Aug 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 5 months3,094 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.3°N to 82.3°SFinal inclination 97.7°

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 97.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.3°N and 82.3°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 15 Aug 1987

5 entries
1987-0324SL-6 R/B(1)1987-0319COSMOS 1461 DEB1987-0320COSMOS 1736 DEB1987-0322SOLWIND DEB1987-0323SL-6 PLAT

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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