CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0548
DELTA 2 R/B(1)
DELTA 2 R/B(1) (NORAD 23769) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 October 2014, after 18 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23769
International designator
1996-003B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
14 Jan 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Oct 2014Recorded time 10:42 UTC
Time in orbit
18 years, 9 months6,864 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.3°N to 25.3°SFinal inclination 25.3°
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 25.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.3°N and 25.3°S.
Life in orbit
18 years, 9 monthsDELTA 2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Oct 2014
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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