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Entry no.
2005-0118

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 21440) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 July 2005.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21440
International designator
1975-052DY
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
12 Jun 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jul 2005UTC calendar day
Time since launch
30 years, 1 month11,007 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
79.4°N to 79.4°SFinal inclination 100.6°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 100.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 79.4°N and 79.4°S.

Life in orbit

DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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