CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0194
THORAD DELTA 1 R/B(2)
THORAD DELTA 1 R/B(2) (NORAD 9530) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 July 2000, after 25 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9530
International designator
1974-094E
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
23 Nov 1974Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jul 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
25 years, 7 months9,369 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
24.3°N to 24.3°SFinal inclination 24.3°
Mass
752 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 24.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 24.3°N and 24.3°S.
Life in orbit
25 years, 7 monthsTHORAD DELTA 1 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1974-094
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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