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Entry no.
1988-0731

SOLWIND DEB

SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16466) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 October 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16466
International designator
1979-017EQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Oct 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 8 months3,534 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.0°N to 82.0°SFinal inclination 98.0°

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 98.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.0°N and 82.0°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 28 Oct 1988

3 entries
1988-0733SL-6 R/B(1)1988-0730THORAD AGENA D DEB1988-0732ARIANE 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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