CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0419
TRANSIT 17 DEB
TRANSIT 17 DEB (NORAD 20652) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 September 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20652
International designator
1967-092J
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
25 Sep 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Sep 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
24 years8,767 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.2°N to 89.2°SFinal inclination 89.2°
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 89.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.2°N and 89.2°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 17 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Sep 1991
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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