CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0008
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 7842) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 January 2000.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7842
International designator
1972-058N
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jan 2000UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 17 Jan 2000
Time since launch
27 years, 5 months10,040 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 97.9°
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 97.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Jan 2000
1 entryPart of a fragment group
204 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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