CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0287
TRANSIT 9 DEB
TRANSIT 9 DEB (NORAD 24272) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 1999.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24272
International designator
1964-026H
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
4 Jun 1964Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 1999UTC calendar day
Time since launch
35 years, 2 months12,871 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.5°N to 89.5°SFinal inclination 90.5°
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 90.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.5°N and 89.5°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 9 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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