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Entry no.
1981-0484

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8942) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 September 1981.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8942
International designator
1975-004Y
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Sep 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 8 months2,439 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No 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 26 Sep 1981

1 entry
1981-0485SJ-2

Part of a fragment group

175 on record
175One of 175 fragments of Delta 1 on record →
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