CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0074
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8960) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 March 1992.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8960
International designator
1975-004AS
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
22 Jan 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Mar 1992UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 1 month6,255 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.5°N to 82.5°SFinal inclination 97.5°
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 97.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.5°N and 82.5°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Mar 1992
1 entryPart of a fragment group
175 on recordEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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