CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0192
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 22780) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 April 2002, after 8 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22780
International designator
1993-054B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
30 Aug 1993Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Apr 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 7 months3,140 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
22.0°N to 22.0°SFinal inclination 22.0°
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 22.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 22.0°N and 22.0°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 7 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Apr 2002
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1993-054
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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