CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0390
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 25572) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 December 1998, after 19 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25572
International designator
1998-073B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
11 Dec 1998Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Dec 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 days19 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
23.9°N to 23.9°SFinal inclination 23.9°
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 23.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 23.9°N and 23.9°S.
Life in orbit
19 daysDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Dec 1998
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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