CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0056
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8704) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 March 1976.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8704
International designator
1976-017D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 Feb 1976Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Mar 1976UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 days12 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.6°N to 28.6°SFinal inclination 28.6°
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 28.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.6°N and 28.6°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 2 Mar 1976
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1976-0056
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1976-0056
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.