CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0067
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 7089) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 March 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7089
International designator
1973-086CH
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
6 Nov 1973Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Mar 1997UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 4 months8,521 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
77.5°N to 77.5°SFinal inclination 102.5°
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 102.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 77.5°N and 77.5°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Mar 1997
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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