CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0107
DELTA 2 R/B
DELTA 2 R/B (NORAD 25044) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 April 1998, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25044
International designator
1997-069F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
9 Nov 1997Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Apr 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months168 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.5°N to 83.5°SFinal inclination 83.5°
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 83.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.5°N and 83.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsDELTA 2 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-069
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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