CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0005
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 18890) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 January 1993.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18890
International designator
1961-015LX
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jan 1993UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 30 Jun 1989
Time since launch
31 years, 6 months11,512 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
66.0°N to 66.0°SFinal inclination 66.0°
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 66.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 66.0°N and 66.0°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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