CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0159
DELTA 1 R/B
DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 4052) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 July 1970, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4052
International designator
1969-064B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
26 Jul 1969Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jul 1970UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 16 Jul 1970
Time in orbit
11 months356 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.2°N to 30.2°SFinal inclination 30.2°
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 30.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.2°N and 30.2°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsDELTA 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Jul 1970
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-064
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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