CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0435
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB
TRANSIT 5B-6 DEB (NORAD 26815) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 November 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26815
International designator
1965-048P
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
24 Jun 1965Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Nov 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
47 years, 5 months17,321 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
90.0°N to 90.0°SFinal inclination 90.0°
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 90.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 90.0°N and 90.0°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 25 Nov 2012
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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