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Entry no.
1979-0541

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8499) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 November 1979.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8499
International designator
1972-058FU
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Nov 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 3 months2,668 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°

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 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 12 Nov 1979

3 entries
1979-0543Kosmos-1112 SS 141979-0544SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)1979-0542COSMOS 1138 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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