CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0064
ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB
ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB (NORAD 6004) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 February 1980.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
6004
International designator
1963-047N
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
27 Nov 1963Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Feb 1980UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 2 months5,926 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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