CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1504
TRANSIT 16 DEB
TRANSIT 16 DEB (NORAD 38530) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 September 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38530
International designator
1967-048H
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
18 May 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Sep 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
57 years, 4 months20,947 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.6°N to 89.6°SFinal inclination 89.6°
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 89.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.6°N and 89.6°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 16 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Sep 2024
5 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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