CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0004
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 6251) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 January 2008.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6251
International designator
1962-025E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
19 Jun 1962Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Jan 2008UTC calendar day
Time since launch
45 years, 6 months16,641 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
58.0°N to 58.0°SFinal inclination 58.0°
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 58.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 58.0°N and 58.0°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1962-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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