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Entry no.
1986-0480

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 16948) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 November 1986.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
16948
International designator
1986-069L
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
5 Sep 1986Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Nov 1986UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months71 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

Also ended on 15 Nov 1986

3 entries
1986-0477COSMOS 1662 DEB1986-0478SOLWIND DEB1986-0479COSMOS 1736 DEB

From the same launch

1986-069
1986-0381USA 191986-0498DELTA 1 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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