CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0314
TRANSIT 15 DEB
TRANSIT 15 DEB (NORAD 22172) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 October 2001.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
22172
International designator
1967-034H
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Apr 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Oct 2001UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 31 Oct 2001
Time since launch
34 years, 6 months12,615 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 15 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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