CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0244
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8982) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 June 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8982
International designator
1975-004BQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Jun 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 5 months1,979 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
84.0°N to 84.0°SFinal inclination 96.0°
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 96.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 84.0°N and 84.0°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Part of a fragment group
175 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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