CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0044
M-3C R/B
M-3C R/B (NORAD 11280) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 February 1982, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11280
International designator
1979-014B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
21 Feb 1979Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Feb 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,083 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
29.9°N to 29.9°SFinal inclination 29.9°
Mass
130 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 29.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 29.9°N and 29.9°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 11 monthsM-3C R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1979-014
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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