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Entry no.
1999-0158

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 8538) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 May 1999.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8538
International designator
1972-058GM
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
23 May 1999UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 10 months9,800 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.

Life in orbit

DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 23 May 1999

3 entries
1999-0161SL-12 R/B(1)1999-0159NOAA 11 DEB1999-0160SL-14 DEB

Part of a fragment group

204 on record
204One of 204 fragments of Delta 1 on record →
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