CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0790
SOLWIND DEB
SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 17823) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 November 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17823
International designator
1979-017KK
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Nov 1988UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 12 Nov 1988
Time since launch
9 years, 8 months3,548 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
SOLWIND DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Nov 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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