CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0396
TRANSIT 17 DEB
TRANSIT 17 DEB (NORAD 20009) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 September 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20009
International designator
1967-092H
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
25 Sep 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Sep 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 11 months8,753 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.1°N to 89.1°SFinal inclination 89.1°
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 89.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.1°N and 89.1°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 17 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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