CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0026
DELTA 2 R/B
DELTA 2 R/B (NORAD 23852) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 January 1997, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23852
International designator
1996-024B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
24 Apr 1996Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jan 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months273 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.4°N to 83.4°SFinal inclination 96.6°
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 96.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.4°N and 83.4°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsDELTA 2 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Jan 1997
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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