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Entry no.
2004-0011
DELTA 2 R/B(2) (PAM-D)
DELTA 2 R/B(2) (PAM-D) (NORAD 22879) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 January 2004, after 10 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22879
International designator
1993-068C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
26 Oct 1993Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Jan 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 2 months3,738 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
34.7°N to 34.7°SFinal inclination 34.7°
Mass
2,141 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 34.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 34.7°N and 34.7°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 2 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(2) (PAM-D)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1993-068
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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