CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0442
TRANSIT 14 DEB
TRANSIT 14 DEB (NORAD 7558) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 September 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7558
International designator
1966-076E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
18 Aug 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Sep 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years5,494 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
88.8°N to 88.8°SFinal inclination 88.8°
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 88.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 88.8°N and 88.8°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 14 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Sep 1981
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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