CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0603
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 9282) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 1979.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9282
International designator
1975-004DH
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 10 months1,783 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Dec 1979
1 entryPart of a fragment group
175 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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