CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0018
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8505) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 January 1983.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8505
International designator
1972-058GA
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jan 1983UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 6 months3,840 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.
Part of a fragment group
204 on recordEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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