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Entry no.
2012-0320
DELTA 2 DEB
DELTA 2 DEB (NORAD 38545) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38545
International designator
2006-016E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
28 Apr 2006Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 4 months2,325 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.6°N to 81.6°SFinal inclination 98.4°
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 98.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.6°N and 81.6°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2006-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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