CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-1009
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 7876) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 December 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7876
International designator
1972-058AY
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Dec 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 4 months6,344 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.1°N to 80.1°SFinal inclination 99.9°
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 99.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.1°N and 80.1°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Dec 1989
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
204 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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