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Entry no.
1977-0463

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8540) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 November 1977.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8540
International designator
1972-058GP
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Nov 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 3 months1,928 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 2 Nov 1977

1 entry
1977-0464SL-7 R/B

Part of a fragment group

204 on record
204One of 204 fragments of Delta 1 on record →
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