CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0220
DELTA 1 R/B
DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 1842) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 September 1968, after 2 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1842
International designator
1965-105B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
16 Dec 1965Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Sep 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 8 months995 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.2°N to 30.2°SFinal inclination 30.2°
Mass
785 kg
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 30.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.2°N and 30.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 8 monthsDELTA 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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