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Entry no.
1978-0520

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8085) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 December 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8085
International designator
1972-058DL
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 5 months2,344 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No 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 23 Dec 1978

4 entries
1978-0518DELTA 1 R/B1978-0519THOR DELTA 1 R/B(1)1978-0521COSMOS 1059 DEB1978-0522COSMOS 1059 DEB

Part of a fragment group

204 on record
204One of 204 fragments of Delta 1 on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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