CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1994-0072
DELTA 1 R/B(2)
DELTA 1 R/B(2) (NORAD 13940) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 June 1994, after 14 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13940
International designator
1979-072C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
10 Aug 1979Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jun 1994UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years, 10 months5,421 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
24.2°N to 24.2°SFinal inclination 24.2°
Mass
1,123 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 24.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 24.2°N and 24.2°S.
Life in orbit
14 years, 10 monthsDELTA 1 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1979-072
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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