CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0385
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 474) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 March 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
474
International designator
1961-015FL
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Mar 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
62 years, 8 months22,918 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
66.2°N to 66.2°SFinal inclination 66.2°
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 66.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 66.2°N and 66.2°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Mar 2024
28 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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