CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0191
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 12214) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 October 2003.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
12214
International designator
1978-026BF
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
5 Mar 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Oct 2003UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 7 months9,368 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 98.9°
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 98.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Oct 2003
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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