CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0350
DELTA 1 R/B
DELTA 1 R/B (NORAD 229) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 August 2002, after 40 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
229
International designator
1962-002D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
8 Feb 1962Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Aug 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
40 years, 6 months14,793 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.2°N to 48.2°SFinal inclination 48.2°
Mass
24 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 48.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.2°N and 48.2°S.
Life in orbit
40 years, 6 monthsDELTA 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Aug 2002
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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