CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2007-0164
VANGUARD DEB
VANGUARD DEB (NORAD 14934) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 October 2007.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
14934
International designator
1959-001D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
17 Feb 1959Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Oct 2007UTC calendar day
Time since launch
48 years, 8 months17,780 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.8°N to 32.8°SFinal inclination 32.8°
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 32.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.8°N and 32.8°S.
Life in orbit
VANGUARD DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Oct 2007
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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