CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0112
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4641) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 September 1996.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4641
International designator
1970-025Z
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Sep 1996UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 5 months9,663 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.3°N to 80.3°SFinal inclination 99.7°
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 99.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.3°N and 80.3°S.
Life in orbit
THORAD AGENA D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Sep 1996
3 entriesPart of a fragment group
179 on recordEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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