CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0103
DELTA 1 R/B
DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 257) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 May 1970, after 8 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
257
International designator
1962-006B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
7 Mar 1962Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
3 May 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 1 month2,979 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.8°N to 32.8°SFinal inclination 32.8°
Mass
24 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 32.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.8°N and 32.8°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 1 monthDELTA 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 May 1970
1 entryFrom the same launch
1962-006
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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