CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0131
TRANSIT 12 DEB
TRANSIT 12 DEB (NORAD 3590) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 March 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3590
International designator
1966-024E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
26 Mar 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Mar 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 years, 11 months4,380 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.8°N to 89.8°SFinal inclination 89.8°
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 89.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.8°N and 89.8°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Mar 1978
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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