CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0056
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 21597) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 March 1993.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21597
International designator
1975-052HR
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
12 Jun 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Mar 1993UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 9 months6,487 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.2°N to 78.2°SFinal inclination 101.8°
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 101.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.2°N and 78.2°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Mar 1993
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