CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0268
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 10202) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 September 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10202
International designator
1977-065AF
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Jul 1977Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Sep 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 years, 2 months7,738 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
29.2°N to 29.2°SFinal inclination 29.2°
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 29.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 29.2°N and 29.2°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Sep 1998
1 entryFrom the same launch
1977-065
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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