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Entry no.
2002-0385
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 17715) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 September 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17715
International designator
1970-025PD
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Sep 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
32 years, 5 months11,848 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.9°N to 80.9°SFinal inclination 99.1°
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 99.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.9°N and 80.9°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 15 Sep 2002
1 entryPart of a fragment group
179 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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