CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0487
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 21502) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 November 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21502
International designator
1975-052FX
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
12 Jun 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Nov 1991UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 12 Nov 1991
Time since launch
16 years, 4 months5,989 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
79.7°N to 79.7°SFinal inclination 100.3°
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 100.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 79.7°N and 79.7°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Nov 1991
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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