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Entry no.
1992-0178
SOLWIND
SOLWIND (NORAD 11278) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 July 1992, after 13 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11278
International designator
1979-017A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
24 Feb 1979Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Jul 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 4 months4,895 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
Mass
875 kg
Operator
USAF STP / NRL
Built by
Ball
Bus
OSO
Programme
STP1
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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 4 monthsSOLWIND’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1979-017Fragments of this object
284 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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