CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1403
DELTA 4 DEB
DELTA 4 DEB (NORAD 51480) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 2024.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
51480
International designator
2018-005B
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
12 Jan 2018Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 2024UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 7 months2,431 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
74.0°N to 74.0°SFinal inclination 106.0°
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 106.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 74.0°N and 74.0°S.
Life in orbit
DELTA 4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Sep 2024
6 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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