CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0387
DELTA 2 R/B
DELTA 2 R/B (NORAD 27377) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 September 2002, after 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27377
International designator
2002-005F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
11 Feb 2002Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Sep 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 months217 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
84.4°N to 84.4°SFinal inclination 84.4°
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 84.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 84.4°N and 84.4°S.
Life in orbit
7 monthsDELTA 2 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2002-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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