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Entry no.
1979-0560

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8976) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 November 1979.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8976
International designator
1975-004BJ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Nov 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 9 months1,764 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°

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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 21 Nov 1979

4 entries
1979-0562TITAN 3C R/B(1)1979-0558TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1979-0559DELTA 1 DEB1979-0561COSMOS 1142 DEB

Part of a fragment group

175 on record
175One of 175 fragments of Delta 1 on record →
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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