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Entry no.
1987-0531

SOLWIND DEB

SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16283) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 November 1987.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16283
International designator
1979-017BN
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Nov 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 8 months3,181 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°

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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 10 Nov 1987

2 entries
1987-0532ARIANE 1 DEB1987-0533ARIANE 1 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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