CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0359
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 24668) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 November 1997, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24668
International designator
1996-068B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
4 Dec 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Nov 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months359 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
36.3°N to 36.3°SFinal inclination 36.3°
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 36.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 36.3°N and 36.3°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1996-068
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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