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1979-0611

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8987) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 December 1979.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8987
International designator
1975-004BV
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Dec 1979UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years, 10 months1,789 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 16 Dec 1979

3 entries
1979-0612COSMOS 9651979-0609BLACK ARROW DEB1979-0610THORAD AGENA D DEB

Part of a fragment group

175 on record
175One of 175 fragments of Delta 1 on record →
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