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Entry no.
2001-0248

WESTFORD NEEDLES

WESTFORD NEEDLES (NORAD 19055) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 September 2001.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19055
International designator
1963-014EC
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 May 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Sep 2001UTC calendar day
Time since launch
38 years, 4 months14,018 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 24 Sep 2001

1 entry
2001-0249COSMOS 1375 DEB

From the same launch

1963-014
2011-0387ERS 5
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