CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0296
TRANSIT 5A DEB
TRANSIT 5A DEB (NORAD 7258) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 July 1977.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7258
International designator
1962-071E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 Dec 1962Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jul 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years, 7 months5,326 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.4°N to 89.4°SFinal inclination 90.6°
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 90.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.4°N and 89.4°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 5A DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Jul 1977
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1962-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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