CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0004
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 3548) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
3548
International designator
1968-100E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
8 Nov 1968Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 1 month1,154 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
32.9°N to 32.9°SFinal inclination 32.9°
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 32.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 32.9°N and 32.9°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jan 1972
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1968-100
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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