CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0385
N-2 R/B(1)
N-2 R/B(1) (NORAD 14250) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 September 1983, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14250
International designator
1983-081B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
5 Aug 1983Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Sep 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month53 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.1°N to 30.1°SFinal inclination 30.1°
Mass
950 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 30.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.1°N and 30.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthN-2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1983-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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