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Entry no.
1980-0096

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 7978) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 March 1980.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7978
International designator
1972-058CZ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Mar 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 7 months2,786 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.3°N to 81.3°SFinal inclination 98.7°

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 98.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.3°N and 81.3°S.

Life in orbit

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

Also ended on 9 Mar 1980

3 entries
1980-0095TITAN 3C TRANSTAGE DEB1980-0097COSMOS 1142 DEB1980-0098COSMOS 1147 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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