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Entry no.
1988-0739

SOLWIND DEB

SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16035) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 October 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16035
International designator
1979-017N
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Oct 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
9 years, 8 months3,537 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 98.3°

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 98.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 31 Oct 1988

3 entries
1988-0742Kosmos-1776 SS 221988-0740ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0741MIR 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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