CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0629
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 10477) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 December 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10477
International designator
1977-065EK
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Jul 1977Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Dec 1981UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 10 Dec 1981
Time since launch
4 years, 5 months1,616 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo 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 16 Dec 1981
1 entryFrom the same launch
1977-065Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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