CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0327
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 17651) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 August 1987.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17651
International designator
1987-022D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
26 Feb 1987Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Aug 1987UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 months171 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
66.3°N to 66.3°SFinal inclination 66.3°
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 66.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 66.3°N and 66.3°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Aug 1987
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-022
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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