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Entry no.
1988-0871

SOLWIND DEB

SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 18915) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 1988.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18915
International designator
1979-017LV
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 1988UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 10 Dec 1989
Time since launch
9 years, 9 months3,577 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 10 Dec 1988

10 entries
1988-0872SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)1988-0874SL-4 R/B1988-0875SL-4 R/B1988-0867COSMOS 249 DEB1988-0868COSMOS 1461 DEB1988-0869ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0870ARIANE 1 DEB1988-0873COSMOS 1976 DEB1988-0876SL-4 DEB1988-0877SL-4 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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