CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0896
TENMA (ASTRO B)
TENMA (ASTRO B) (NORAD 13829) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 December 1988, after 5 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13829
International designator
1983-011A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
20 Feb 1983Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Dec 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 9 months2,127 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.5°N to 31.5°SFinal inclination 31.5°
Mass
218 kg
Operator
ISAS
Built by
ISAS
Bus
ASTRO
Programme
ASTRO
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 31.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.5°N and 31.5°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 9 monthsTENMA (ASTRO B)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 17 Dec 1988
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1983-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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