CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0009
DISCOVERER 38 DEB
DISCOVERER 38 DEB (NORAD 251) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 March 1962.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
251
International designator
1962-005D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
27 Feb 1962Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Mar 1962UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 days8 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 82.2°
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 82.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1962-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1962-0009
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1962-0009
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.