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Entry no.
1988-0457
SOLWIND DEB
SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16042) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 July 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16042
International designator
1979-017V
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jul 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 5 months3,443 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 allowedExact 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 29 Jul 1988
1 entryFrom the same launch
1979-017Part of a fragment group
284 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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