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Entry no.
1988-0891
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4680) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 December 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4680
International designator
1970-025BD
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Dec 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
18 years, 8 months6,827 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.3°N to 80.3°SFinal inclination 99.7°
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 99.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.3°N and 80.3°S.
Life in orbit
THORAD AGENA D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Dec 1988
4 entriesPart of a fragment group
179 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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