CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1968-0301
DELTA 1 R/B
DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 3596) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 December 1968, after 22 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
3596
International designator
1968-109B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
5 Dec 1968Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Dec 1968UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
22 days22 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.3°N to 28.3°SFinal inclination 28.3°
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 28.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.3°N and 28.3°S.
Life in orbit
22 daysDELTA 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Dec 1968
1 entryFrom the same launch
1968-109
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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