CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0488
DELTA 1 R/B
DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 4924) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 December 1983, after 21 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4924
International designator
1962-059B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
27 Oct 1962Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Dec 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
21 years, 1 month7,726 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
18.0°N to 18.0°SFinal inclination 18.0°
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 18.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 18.0°N and 18.0°S.
Life in orbit
21 years, 1 monthDELTA 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1962-059
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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