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Entry no.
1978-0533

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 7873) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 December 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7873
International designator
1972-058AV
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Dec 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 5 months2,352 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.

Life in orbit

DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 31 Dec 1978

4 entries
1978-0535SL-4 R/B1978-0532WESTFORD NEEDLES1978-0534DELTA 1 DEB1978-0536SL-4 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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