CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1984-0516
N-2 R/B(1)
N-2 R/B(1) (NORAD 14660) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 November 1984, after 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14660
International designator
1984-005B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
23 Jan 1984Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Nov 1984UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 months303 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
29.9°N to 29.9°SFinal inclination 29.9°
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 29.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 29.9°N and 29.9°S.
Life in orbit
9 monthsN-2 R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1984-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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