CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0191
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4969) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 July 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4969
International designator
1970-025GP
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jul 1997UTC calendar day
Time since launch
27 years, 3 months9,953 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.4°N to 80.4°SFinal inclination 99.6°
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 99.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.4°N and 80.4°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 8 Jul 1997
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
179 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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