CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0209
TRANSIT 5E-5 DEB
TRANSIT 5E-5 DEB (NORAD 43290) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 June 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43290
International designator
1964-083U
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
13 Dec 1964Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Jun 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
56 years, 6 months20,637 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.8°N to 89.8°SFinal inclination 89.8°
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 89.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.8°N and 89.8°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 5E-5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Jun 2021
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.