CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0280
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 14462) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 May 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
14462
International designator
1978-026GC
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
5 Mar 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
5 May 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 2 months3,714 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 98.1°
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 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 May 1988
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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