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Entry no.
1989-0070

M-3S R/B

M-3S R/B (NORAD 13830) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 January 1989, after 5 years, 10 months in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
13830
International designator
1983-011B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
20 Feb 1983Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Jan 1989UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 10 months2,160 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.5°N to 31.5°SFinal inclination 31.5°
Mass
140 kg

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact 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, 10 months

M-3S R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 19 Jan 1989

7 entries
1989-0071SOLWIND DEB1989-0072ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0073COSMOS 1461 DEB1989-0074ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0075COSMOS 1461 DEB1989-0076MIR DEB1989-0077SL-4 DEB

From the same launch

1983-011
1988-0896TENMA (ASTRO B)
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