CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1702
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 8908) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 October 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8908
International designator
1970-025NJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Oct 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
54 years, 6 months19,921 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.3°N to 78.3°SFinal inclination 101.7°
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 101.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.3°N and 78.3°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 22 Oct 2024
4 entriesPart of a fragment group
179 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2024-1702
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2024-1702
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.