CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2023-1603
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 9674) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 September 2023.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
9674
International designator
1972-058HQ
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
23 Jul 1972Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Sep 2023UTC calendar day
Time since launch
51 years, 1 month18,685 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 97.9°
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 97.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Sep 2023
13 entriesPart of a fragment group
204 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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