CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0151
DELTA 2 R/B
DELTA 2 R/B (NORAD 25347) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 May 1999, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25347
International designator
1998-032F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
17 May 1998Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
15 May 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months363 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
84.1°N to 84.1°SFinal inclination 84.1°
Mass
1,380 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 84.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 84.1°N and 84.1°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsDELTA 2 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 May 1999
1 entryFrom the same launch
1998-032
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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