CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0537
TRANSIT 9 DEB
TRANSIT 9 DEB (NORAD 12142) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 October 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12142
International designator
1964-026F
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
4 Jun 1964Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Oct 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 4 months6,352 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.6°N to 89.6°SFinal inclination 90.4°
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 90.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.6°N and 89.6°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 9 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Oct 1981
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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