CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0260
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB (NORAD 11953) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 March 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
11953
International designator
1965-048H
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Mar 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 8 months8,657 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.9°N to 89.9°SFinal inclination 89.9°
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 89.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.9°N and 89.9°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Mar 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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