CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0012
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 23785) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 January 1998, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23785
International designator
1996-008B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
17 Feb 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jan 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months700 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.9°N to 25.9°SFinal inclination 25.9°
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 25.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.9°N and 25.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 11 monthsDELTA 2 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.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1998-0012
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1998-0012
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.