CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0458
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 21518) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 October 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21518
International designator
1975-052GP
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
12 Jun 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Oct 1991UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 29 Oct 1991
Time since launch
16 years, 4 months5,975 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.3°N to 80.3°SFinal inclination 99.7°
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 99.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.3°N and 80.3°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Oct 1991
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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