CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0275
DELTA 2 R/B
DELTA 2 R/B (NORAD 21988) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 October 1992, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21988
International designator
1992-031B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
7 Jun 1992Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Oct 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months131 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.2°N to 30.2°SFinal inclination 30.2°
Mass
6,930 kg
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 30.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.2°N and 30.2°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsDELTA 2 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1992-031
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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