CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0215
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 21323) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21323
International designator
1975-052AR
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
12 Jun 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 10 months9,807 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Apr 2002
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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