CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0357
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 10197) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 July 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10197
International designator
1977-065AA
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Jul 1977Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jul 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 years1,465 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
29.6°N to 29.6°SFinal inclination 29.6°
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 29.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 29.6°N and 29.6°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Jul 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1977-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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