CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0481
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 212) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 August 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
212
International designator
1961-015BG
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Aug 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
27 years, 1 month9,905 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
68.2°N to 68.2°SFinal inclination 68.2°
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 68.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 68.2°N and 68.2°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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