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Entry no.
1980-0216
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 7197) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 June 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7197
International designator
1973-086FF
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
6 Nov 1973Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jun 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 7 months2,407 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo 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 9 Jun 1980
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1980-0216
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