CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0558
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 21517) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 December 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21517
International designator
1975-052GN
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
12 Jun 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Dec 1991UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 29 Sep 1991
Time since launch
16 years, 6 months6,046 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
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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