CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0282
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 23954) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 October 2000, after 4 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23954
International designator
1996-041B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
16 Jul 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Oct 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 2 months1,545 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
35.2°N to 35.2°SFinal inclination 35.2°
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 35.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 35.2°N and 35.2°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 2 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Oct 2000
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1996-041
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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