CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0302
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 26771) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 October 2001, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26771
International designator
2001-020B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
18 May 2001Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Oct 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months156 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
24.7°N to 24.7°SFinal inclination 24.7°
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 24.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 24.7°N and 24.7°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2001-020
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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