CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0488
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 22658) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 December 2002, after 9 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22658
International designator
1993-032B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
13 May 1993Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Dec 2002UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 8 Dec 2002
Time in orbit
9 years, 6 months3,497 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
21.9°N to 21.9°SFinal inclination 21.9°
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 21.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 21.9°N and 21.9°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 6 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Dec 2002
1 entryFrom the same launch
1993-032
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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