CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0434
DELTA 2 DEB
DELTA 2 DEB (NORAD 27490) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 October 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27490
International designator
1997-035D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1997Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Oct 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 3 months1,923 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
38.8°N to 38.8°SFinal inclination 38.8°
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 38.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 38.8°N and 38.8°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-035
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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