Re-entered 1991-05-11Debris

TRANSIT 5B-1 DEB

NORAD: 19062
COSPAR: 1963-038M

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Is it working?

Sources agree

Source	What it says	Date
CelesTrak SATCAT	Decayed or deorbited	1991-05-11
GCAT (J. McDowell)	Re-entered	1991-05-11

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Spacecraft

Owner: USN Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S19062, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1963-09-28
Rocket: Thor Ablestar 2
Flight: Transit VBN-1
Mission name: Transit VBN-1
Launch site: V, 75-1-1
Launched by: US Air Force Space Systems Division
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1963-038

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1963-038, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: US
Launch date: 1963-09-28
Re-entered: 1991-05-11
Period: 96.4 min
Inclination: 89.85°
Apogee: 597 km
Perigee: 572 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0022 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: TRANSIT 5B-1 (NORAD 670)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris13 in total, 5 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit