CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1557
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 37642) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 September 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
37642
International designator
1978-026JD
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
5 Mar 1978Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
45 years, 6 months16,621 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.0°N to 82.0°SFinal inclination 98.0°
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 98.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.0°N and 82.0°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Sep 2023
14 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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