CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0178
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 24649) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 June 1998, after 1 year, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24649
International designator
1996-062B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
7 Nov 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Jun 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 7 months591 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.2°N to 25.2°SFinal inclination 25.2°
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 25.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.2°N and 25.2°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 7 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Jun 1998
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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