CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-1034
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 464) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 December 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
464
International designator
1961-015FA
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Dec 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
28 years, 5 months10,399 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
67.6°N to 67.6°SFinal inclination 67.6°
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 67.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 67.6°N and 67.6°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Dec 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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