CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0325
THOR ALTAIR DEB
THOR ALTAIR DEB (NORAD 1461) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 March 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1461
International designator
1965-038E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
20 May 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Mar 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 10 months8,705 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
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 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ALTAIR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Mar 1989
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1965-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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