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Entry no.
1987-0383

SOLWIND DEB

SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16580) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 September 1987.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16580
International designator
1979-017HP
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Sep 1987UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 9 Sep 1987
Time since launch
8 years, 6 months3,122 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°

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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 12 Sep 1987

5 entries
1987-0384Kosmos-1662 SS 161987-0385COSMOS 1813 DEB1987-0386COSMOS 1846 DEB1987-0387COSMOS 1810 DEB1987-0388COSMOS 1810 DEB

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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