CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0518
DELTA 1 R/B
DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 605) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 December 1978, after 15 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
605
International designator
1963-024B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Jun 1963Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 1978UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 6 months5,666 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
58.1°N to 58.1°SFinal inclination 58.1°
Mass
24 kg
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 58.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 58.1°N and 58.1°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 6 monthsDELTA 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Dec 1978
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1963-024
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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