CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0425
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 7854) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 April 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7854
International designator
1972-058AA
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Apr 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 8 months6,112 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 97.9°
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 97.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Apr 1989
4 entriesPart of a fragment group
204 on recordEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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