CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0016
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8309) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 January 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8309
International designator
1974-089BS
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
15 Nov 1974Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jan 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
27 years, 2 months9,925 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.2°N to 78.2°SFinal inclination 101.8°
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 101.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.2°N and 78.2°S.
Life in orbit
THORAD DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jan 2002
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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