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Entry no.
1989-0291

SOLWIND DEB

SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16317) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 March 1989.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16317
International designator
1979-017CG
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Mar 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years3,670 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°

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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 13 Mar 1989

6 entries
1989-0292COSMOS 18131989-0297DELTA 2 R/B(1)1989-0293ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0294ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0295SOLWIND DEB1989-0296COSMOS 1782 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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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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