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Entry no.
1981-0202

TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB

TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB (NORAD 1688) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 May 1981.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
1688
International designator
1965-082BB
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
15 Oct 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
1 May 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years, 6 months5,677 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.6°N to 32.6°SFinal inclination 32.6°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 32.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.6°N and 32.6°S.

Life in orbit

TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 1 May 1981

6 entries
1981-0206Kosmos-1186 SS 51981-0203TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1981-0204THORAD AGENA D DEB1981-0205DELTA 1 DEB1981-0207COSMOS 1265 DEB1981-0208COSMOS 1266 DEB (ANTENNA

From the same launch

1965-082
1982-0325LCS 22003-0268TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B

Part of a fragment group

441 on record
441One of 441 fragments of Titan 3C Transtage on record →
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