CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0259
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB (NORAD 21945) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 September 2001.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21945
International designator
1965-048M
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Sep 2001UTC calendar day
Time since launch
36 years, 3 months13,247 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.9°N to 89.9°SFinal inclination 90.1°
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 90.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.9°N and 89.9°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Sep 2001
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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