CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0836
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 18643) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 November 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18643
International designator
1977-065FX
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Jul 1977Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Nov 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
11 years, 4 months4,154 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.9°N to 30.9°SFinal inclination 30.9°
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 30.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.9°N and 30.9°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Nov 1988
1 entryFrom the same launch
1977-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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