CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0163
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 21359) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 May 2021.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21359
International designator
1975-052CD
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
12 Jun 1975Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
2 May 2021UTC calendar day
Time since launch
45 years, 10 months16,761 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.5°N to 80.5°SFinal inclination 99.5°
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 99.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.5°N and 80.5°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 May 2021
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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