CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0178
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 5602) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 July 1974.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5602
International designator
1971-091E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
21 Oct 1971Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jul 1974UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 8 months984 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
75.4°N to 75.4°SFinal inclination 104.6°
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 104.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 75.4°N and 75.4°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Jul 1974
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-091Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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