CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0015
DELTA 1 R/B(2)
DELTA 1 R/B(2) (NORAD 5978) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 January 2005, after 36 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5978
International designator
1968-116B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Dec 1968Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Jan 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
36 years, 1 month13,187 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
29.5°N to 29.5°SFinal inclination 29.5°
Mass
718 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 29.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 29.5°N and 29.5°S.
Life in orbit
36 years, 1 monthDELTA 1 R/B(2)’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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