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Entry no.
1980-0529

DELTA 1 R/B(1)

DELTA 1 R/B(1) (NORAD 11965) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 December 1980, after 2 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
11965
International designator
1980-074B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
9 Sep 1980Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Dec 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months83 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.1°N to 28.1°SFinal inclination 28.1°
Mass
845 kg

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 28.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.1°N and 28.1°S.

Life in orbit

2 months

DELTA 1 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1980-074
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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