CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0594
TRANSIT 5B-2 DEB
TRANSIT 5B-2 DEB (NORAD 42666) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 March 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
42666
International designator
1963-049P
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
5 Dec 1963Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Mar 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
61 years, 3 months22,384 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 5B-2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Mar 2025
15 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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