CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0199
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 24323) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 July 2001, after 4 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24323
International designator
1996-056B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
12 Sep 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jul 2001UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 28 Jul 2001
Time in orbit
4 years, 10 months1,781 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
35.5°N to 35.5°SFinal inclination 35.5°
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 35.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 35.5°N and 35.5°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 10 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1996-056
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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