CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0597
ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB
ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB (NORAD 697) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 June 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
697
International designator
1963-047C
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
27 Nov 1963Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Jun 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
25 years, 6 months9,341 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.0°N to 30.0°SFinal inclination 30.0°
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 30.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.0°N and 30.0°S.
Life in orbit
ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Jun 1989
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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