CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0002
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 24877) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 1998, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24877
International designator
1997-035B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
23 Jul 1997Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months163 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
37.7°N to 37.7°SFinal inclination 37.7°
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 37.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 37.7°N and 37.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-035
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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