CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0125
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 840) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 August 2003.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
840
International designator
1960-007D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jun 1960Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Aug 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
43 years, 1 month15,763 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
66.6°N to 66.6°SFinal inclination 66.6°
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 66.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 66.6°N and 66.6°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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