CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0117
WESTFORD NEEDLES
WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 2373) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 June 1993.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
2373
International designator
1963-014U
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jun 1993UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 23 Jun 1993
Time since launch
30 years, 1 month11,002 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
84.0°N to 84.0°SFinal inclination 84.0°
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 84.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 84.0°N and 84.0°S.
Life in orbit
WESTFORD NEEDLES’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Jun 1993
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1963-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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