CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0032
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 18511) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 January 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18511
International designator
1973-086GW
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
6 Nov 1973Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jan 2002UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 25 Jan 2002
Time since launch
28 years, 2 months10,306 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
77.4°N to 77.4°SFinal inclination 102.6°
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 102.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 77.4°N and 77.4°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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