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Entry no.
2022-2307

THOR ABLESTAR DEB

THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 479) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 November 2022.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
479
International designator
1961-015FR
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Nov 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
61 years, 5 months22,433 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.

Also ended on 29 Nov 2022

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