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Entry no.
2004-0095

THOR ABLESTAR DEB

THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 19639) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 May 2004.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19639
International designator
1961-015MH
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
22 May 2004UTC calendar day
Time since launch
42 years, 10 months15,668 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 allowed
Exact 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.

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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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