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Entry no.
1980-0022
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB (NORAD 1528) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 January 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1528
International designator
1963-038F
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
28 Sep 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jan 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 3 months5,953 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 5B-1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Jan 1980
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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