CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0160
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8378) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 April 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8378
International designator
1972-058EU
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Apr 1978UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 28 Mar 1978
Time since launch
5 years, 8 months2,088 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 98.3°
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 98.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Apr 1978
1 entryPart of a fragment group
204 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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