CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0012
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 23878) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 January 2003, after 6 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23878
International designator
1996-033B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
24 May 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Jan 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 7 months2,429 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.8°N to 25.8°SFinal inclination 25.8°
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 25.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.8°N and 25.8°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 7 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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