CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0187
DELTA 1 R/B(2)
DELTA 1 R/B(2) (NORAD 9017) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 December 2004, after 28 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9017
International designator
1976-066C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
8 Jul 1976Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Dec 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
28 years, 4 months10,378 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
24.3°N to 24.3°SFinal inclination 24.3°
Mass
1,047 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 24.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 24.3°N and 24.3°S.
Life in orbit
28 years, 4 monthsDELTA 1 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1976-066
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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