CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0066
TRANSIT 18 DEB
TRANSIT 18 DEB (NORAD 42668) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
42668
International designator
1968-012G
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
2 Mar 1968Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
56 years, 10 months20,764 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.9°N to 89.9°SFinal inclination 89.9°
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 89.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.9°N and 89.9°S.
Life in orbit
TRANSIT 18 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jan 2025
11 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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