CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0504
DELTA 1 R/B(2)
DELTA 1 R/B(2) (NORAD 8702) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 November 1982, after 6 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8702
International designator
1976-017C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Feb 1976Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Nov 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 9 months2,473 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
24.5°N to 24.5°SFinal inclination 24.5°
Mass
1,123 kg
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 24.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 24.5°N and 24.5°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 9 monthsDELTA 1 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Nov 1982
1 entryFrom the same launch
1976-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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