CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1733
THOR BURNER 2A DEB
THOR BURNER 2A DEB (NORAD 28592) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 October 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28592
International designator
1974-015D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
16 Mar 1974Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Oct 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
49 years, 7 months18,112 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
THOR BURNER 2A DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Oct 2023
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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