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Entry no.
1978-0115

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 9709) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 March 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9709
International designator
1975-004GT
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Mar 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 1 month1,145 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 12 Mar 1978

5 entries
1978-0117SL-6 R/B(1)1978-0113SL-8 DEB1978-0114COSMOS 699 DEB1978-0116COSMOS 838 DEB1978-0118SL-4 DEB

Part of a fragment group

175 on record
175One of 175 fragments of Delta 1 on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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