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Entry no.
1977-0118

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8506) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 February 1977.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8506
International designator
1972-058GB
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Feb 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 7 months1,676 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.

Life in orbit

DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 23 Feb 1977

9 entries
1977-0116TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1977-0117DELTA 1 DEB1977-0119COSMOS 777 DEB *1977-0120COSMOS 777 DEB1977-0121SL-8 DEB *1977-0122TITAN 3D DEB1977-0123SL-6 DEB1977-0124COSMOS 892 DEB1977-0125COSMOS 892 DEB

Part of a fragment group

204 on record
204One of 204 fragments of Delta 1 on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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