CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0166
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 5881) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 May 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5881
International designator
1972-014C
Object type
Fragment
Country
ESRO
Parent launched
12 Mar 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 May 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months71 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1972-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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