CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0228
DELTA 2 DEB
DELTA 2 DEB (NORAD 28217) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 April 2008.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
28217
International designator
1997-067D
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
6 Nov 1997Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Apr 2008UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 5 months3,822 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
34.9°N to 34.9°SFinal inclination 34.9°
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 34.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 34.9°N and 34.9°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Apr 2008
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-067
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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