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Entry no.
1963-0082

DELTA 1 R/B

DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 565) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 November 1963, after 7 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
565
International designator
1963-009B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
3 Apr 1963Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Nov 1963UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months235 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
57.6°N to 57.6°SFinal inclination 57.6°
Mass
24 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 57.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 57.6°N and 57.6°S.

Life in orbit

7 months

DELTA 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1963-009
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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