CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0069
DELTA 1 R/B(1)
DELTA 1 R/B(1) (NORAD 8698) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 March 1976, after 26 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8698
International designator
1976-017B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Feb 1976Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Mar 1976UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
26 days26 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.6°N to 28.6°SFinal inclination 28.6°
Mass
845 kg
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
26 daysDELTA 1 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1976-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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