CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0259
DELTA 1 R/B(2)
DELTA 1 R/B(2) (NORAD 5045) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 October 1974, after 3 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5045
International designator
1971-019C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
13 Mar 1971Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Oct 1974UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 6 months1,298 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
718 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
3 years, 6 monthsFrom the same launch
1971-019
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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