CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0483
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 9706) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 December 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9706
International designator
1975-004GQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Dec 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 10 months1,412 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Dec 1978
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
175 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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