CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0280
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 25547) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 October 2000, after 1 year, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25547
International designator
1998-068B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
22 Nov 1998Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Oct 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 10 months685 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.7°N to 25.7°SFinal inclination 25.7°
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 25.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.7°N and 25.7°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 10 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Oct 2000
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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