CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-0201
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 4638) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 February 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4638
International designator
1970-025W
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Feb 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
52 years, 9 months19,293 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.1°N to 80.1°SFinal inclination 99.9°
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 99.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.1°N and 80.1°S.
Life in orbit
THORAD AGENA D DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Feb 2023
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
179 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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