CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1268
TRANSIT 16 DEB
TRANSIT 16 DEB (NORAD 33508) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 August 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33508
International designator
1967-048G
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
18 May 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Aug 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
57 years, 3 months20,917 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.5°N to 89.5°SFinal inclination 89.5°
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 89.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.5°N and 89.5°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Aug 2024
9 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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