CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0676
DELTA 1 DEB
DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 7488) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 May 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7488
International designator
1973-086FU
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
6 Nov 1973Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
14 May 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
50 years, 6 months18,452 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
78.0°N to 78.0°SFinal inclination 102.0°
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 102.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 78.0°N and 78.0°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 May 2024
6 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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