CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0155
DELTA 1 R/B(2)
DELTA 1 R/B(2) (NORAD 10983) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 October 2006, after 28 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
10983
International designator
1978-071C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
14 Jul 1978Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Oct 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
28 years, 3 months10,324 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.5°N to 25.5°SFinal inclination 25.5°
Mass
1,123 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 25.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.5°N and 25.5°S.
Life in orbit
28 years, 3 monthsDELTA 1 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Oct 2006
1 entryFrom the same launch
1978-071
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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