CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0112
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 11102) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 March 1979, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11102
International designator
1978-103B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
13 Nov 1978Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Mar 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months120 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
23.5°N to 23.5°SFinal inclination 23.5°
Mass
2,000 kg
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 23.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 23.5°N and 23.5°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsATLAS CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 13 Mar 1979
1 entryFrom the same launch
1978-103
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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