CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0007
DELTA 1 R/B
DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 398) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 January 1983, after 20 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
398
International designator
1962-047B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
18 Sep 1962Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jan 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
20 years, 3 months7,419 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
58.2°N to 58.2°SFinal inclination 58.2°
Mass
24 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 58.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 58.2°N and 58.2°S.
Life in orbit
20 years, 3 monthsDELTA 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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