CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1554
THOR ABLESTAR DEB
THOR ABLESTAR DEB (NORAD 233) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
233
International designator
1961-015BR
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jun 1961Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
64 years, 3 months23,471 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
66.8°N to 66.8°SFinal inclination 66.8°
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 66.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 66.8°N and 66.8°S.
Life in orbit
THOR ABLESTAR DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Oct 2025
6 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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