CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0131
DELTA 1 R/B(2)
DELTA 1 R/B(2) (NORAD 8910) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 March 1988, after 11 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8910
International designator
1976-053F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
10 Jun 1976Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Mar 1988UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 27 Nov 1982
Time in orbit
11 years, 8 months4,286 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.3°N to 25.3°SFinal inclination 25.3°
Mass
1,123 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 25.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.3°N and 25.3°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 8 monthsDELTA 1 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Mar 1988
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-053
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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