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Entry no.
1978-0072

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 10253) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 February 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10253
International designator
1977-065CE
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Jul 1977Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Feb 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 months221 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 20 Feb 1978

2 entries
1978-0073COSMOS 9881978-0074COSMOS 987 DEB

From the same launch

1977-065
1990-0368DELTA 1 R/B(2)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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