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Entry no.
2017-0006
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB
TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB (NORAD 20470) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 January 2017.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20470
International designator
1963-038N
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
28 Sep 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jan 2017UTC calendar day
Time since launch
53 years, 3 months19,465 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-1 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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