CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0656
TRANSIT 11 DEB
TRANSIT 11 DEB (NORAD 14226) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 July 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
14226
International designator
1966-005J
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
28 Jan 1966Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jul 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 5 months8,569 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 11 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Jul 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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