CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0184
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 37650) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 September 2016.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
37650
International designator
1978-026JM
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
5 Mar 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Sep 2016UTC calendar day
Time since launch
38 years, 6 months14,065 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.0°N to 81.0°SFinal inclination 99.0°
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 99.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.0°N and 81.0°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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