CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0610
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB (NORAD 12516) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 December 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12516
International designator
1965-048J
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Dec 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 5 months6,007 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Dec 1981
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1981-0610
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1981-0610
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.