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Entry no.
1990-0003
SOLWIND DEB
SOLWIND DEB (NORAD 16550) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 1990.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16550
International designator
1979-017GH
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 1990UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 10 months3,965 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 97.9°
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 97.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.
Life in orbit
SOLWIND DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Jan 1990
1 entryFrom the same launch
1979-017Part of a fragment group
284 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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