CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0195
DELTA 1 R/B(1)
DELTA 1 R/B(1) (NORAD 6895) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 November 1996, after 23 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
6895
International designator
1973-078C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
26 Oct 1973Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Nov 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
23 years, 1 month8,435 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.8°N to 28.8°SFinal inclination 28.8°
Mass
1,150 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 28.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.8°N and 28.8°S.
Life in orbit
23 years, 1 monthDELTA 1 R/B(1)’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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