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Entry no.
1985-0050
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 9948) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 March 1985.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9948
International designator
1975-004HC
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Mar 1985UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 1 month3,692 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.9°N to 78.9°SFinal inclination 101.1°
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 101.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.9°N and 78.9°S.
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
175 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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