CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0202
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 9028) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 May 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9028
International designator
1975-004CS
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
1 May 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 3 months1,195 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo 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 1 May 1978
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
175 on recordEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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