CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1466
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 5502) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 September 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5502
International designator
1970-025LG
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Sep 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
54 years, 5 months19,886 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.5°N to 80.5°SFinal inclination 99.5°
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 99.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.5°N and 80.5°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 17 Sep 2024
5 entriesPart of a fragment group
179 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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