CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0456
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB (NORAD 7259) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 1982.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7259
International designator
1963-038K
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
28 Sep 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 1982UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 1 month6,979 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-1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Nov 1982
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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