CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0451
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8124) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 November 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8124
International designator
1972-058EC
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Nov 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 3 months2,300 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
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 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Nov 1978
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
204 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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