CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0127
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 26673) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 March 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26673
International designator
1968-055G
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
4 Jul 1968Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Mar 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
33 years, 8 months12,297 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
59.6°N to 59.6°SFinal inclination 120.4°
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 120.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 59.6°N and 59.6°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Mar 2002
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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