CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0348
TRANSIT 5A3
TRANSIT 5A3 (NORAD 594) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 August 1990, after 27 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
594
International designator
1963-022A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
16 Jun 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Aug 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
27 years, 1 month9,910 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.8°N to 89.8°SFinal inclination 89.8°
Mass
59 kg
Operator
USN BuWeps
Built by
APL
Bus
Transit 5
Programme
Transit 5
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 89.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.8°N and 89.8°S.
Life in orbit
27 years, 1 monthTRANSIT 5A3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Aug 1990
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1963-022
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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