CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0262
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 20960) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 October 2001, after 10 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20960
International designator
1990-103B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
26 Nov 1990Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Oct 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 10 months3,962 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
21.4°N to 21.4°SFinal inclination 21.4°
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 21.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 21.4°N and 21.4°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 10 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Oct 2001
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-103
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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