CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0260
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 22232) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 July 2013, after 20 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22232
International designator
1992-079B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
22 Nov 1992Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Jul 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
20 years, 8 months7,556 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
21.2°N to 21.2°SFinal inclination 21.2°
Mass
6,930 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 21.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 21.2°N and 21.2°S.
Life in orbit
20 years, 8 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Jul 2013
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1992-079
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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