CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1984-0298
DELTA 1 R/B(2)
DELTA 1 R/B(2) (NORAD 11117) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 July 1984, after 5 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11117
International designator
1978-106C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Nov 1978Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jul 1984UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 28 Nov 1982
Time in orbit
5 years, 7 months2,054 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
1,123 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
5 years, 7 monthsDELTA 1 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1978-106
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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