RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
THORAD AGENA D DEB
THORAD AGENA D DEB (NORAD 17717) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 March 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17717
International designator
1970-025PF
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Apr 1970Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Mar 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
55 years, 11 months20,444 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.1°N to 80.1°SFinal inclination 99.9°
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 99.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.1°N and 80.1°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 29 Mar 2026
3 entriesPart of a fragment group
179 on record
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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