CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0112
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8504) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 March 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8504
International designator
1972-058FZ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Mar 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 7 months3,163 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 98.1°
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 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Mar 1981
1 entryPart of a fragment group
204 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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