CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0438
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 10187) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 October 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10187
International designator
1977-065R
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Jul 1977Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Oct 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 3 months470 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
29.0°N to 29.0°SFinal inclination 29.0°
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 29.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 29.0°N and 29.0°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Oct 1978
1 entryFrom the same launch
1977-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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