CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0146
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 12235) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 February 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12235
International designator
1978-026CC
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
5 Mar 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Feb 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 11 months3,993 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.7°N to 81.7°SFinal inclination 98.3°
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 98.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.7°N and 81.7°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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