CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0045
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4917) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 March 2018.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4917
International designator
1970-025FP
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Mar 2018UTC calendar day
Time since launch
47 years, 11 months17,501 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.4°N to 80.4°SFinal inclination 99.6°
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 99.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.4°N and 80.4°S.
Life in orbit
THORAD AGENA D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Part of a fragment group
179 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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