CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0441
TRANSIT 12 DEB
TRANSIT 12 DEB (NORAD 12856) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 July 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12856
International designator
1966-024F
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
26 Mar 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Jul 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
22 years, 3 months8,152 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.7°N to 89.7°SFinal inclination 89.7°
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 89.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.7°N and 89.7°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 12 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Jul 1988
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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