RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
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Entry number
Certificate pending

DELTA 1 DEB

DELTA 1 DEB (NORAD 10261) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 March 2026.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10261
International designator
1977-065CN
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
14 Jul 1977Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Mar 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
48 years, 8 months17,777 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
29.0°N to 29.0°SFinal inclination 29.0°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 29.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 29.0°N and 29.0°S.

Life in orbit

DELTA 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 16 Mar 2026

5 entries
PendingSTARLINK-30995PendingPROGRESS MS-31PendingCOSMOS 2251 DEBPendingARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA)PendingFREGAT DEB

From the same launch

1977-065
1990-0368DELTA 1 R/B(2)
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