CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1995-0001
THOR ALTAIR R/B
THOR ALTAIR R/B (NORAD 1378) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 January 1995, after 29 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1378
International designator
1965-038B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
20 May 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jan 1995UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
29 years, 7 months10,818 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 97.9°
Mass
24 kg
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
29 years, 7 monthsTHOR ALTAIR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1965-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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