CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0268
TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B
TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B (NORAD 1822) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 December 2003, after 38 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1822
International designator
1965-082DM
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
15 Oct 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Dec 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
38 years, 1 month13,927 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.1°N to 32.1°SFinal inclination 32.1°
Mass
1,950 kg
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 32.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.1°N and 32.1°S.
Life in orbit
38 years, 1 monthTITAN 3C TRANSTAGE R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1965-082
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2003-0268
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2003-0268
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.