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Entry no.
1996-0078

WESTFORD NEEDLES

WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 20018) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 July 1996.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20018
International designator
1963-014EX
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jul 1996UTC calendar day
Time since launch
33 years, 2 months12,127 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

WESTFORD NEEDLES’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 21 Jul 1996

1 entry
1996-0079PEGASUS DEB

From the same launch

1963-014
2011-0387ERS 5
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