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Entry no.
1988-0285

SOLWIND DEB

SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16346) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 May 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16346
International designator
1979-017DC
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 May 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 2 months3,359 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 6 May 1988

2 entries
1988-0284Kosmos-1601 SS 131988-0286SL-12 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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