CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2015-0061
VANGUARD 3 DEB
VANGUARD 3 DEB (NORAD 29005) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 February 2015.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
29005
International designator
1959-007B
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
18 Sep 1959Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Feb 2015UTC calendar day
Time since launch
55 years, 4 months20,228 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
33.2°N to 33.2°SFinal inclination 33.2°
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 33.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 33.2°N and 33.2°S.
Life in orbit
VANGUARD 3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Feb 2015
4 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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