CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0475
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8996) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 December 1983.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8996
International designator
1975-004CE
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Dec 1983UTC calendar day
Time since launch
8 years, 10 months3,244 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
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 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Dec 1983
1 entryPart of a fragment group
175 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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