CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0461
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 17712) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 August 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17712
International designator
1961-015LQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Aug 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
27 years, 1 month9,895 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
66.2°N to 66.2°SFinal inclination 66.2°
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 66.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 66.2°N and 66.2°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Aug 1988
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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