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Entry no.
2002-0499
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 18677) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 December 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18677
International designator
1976-077FG
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
29 Jul 1976Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Dec 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
26 years, 4 months9,637 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
75.9°N to 75.9°SFinal inclination 104.1°
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 104.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 75.9°N and 75.9°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Dec 2002
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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