CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0219
N-2 R/B(2)
N-2 R/B(2) (NORAD 14287) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 May 1991, after 7 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14287
International designator
1983-081C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
5 Aug 1983Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
25 May 1991UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 9 months2,850 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.3°N to 28.3°SFinal inclination 28.3°
Mass
1,123 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 28.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.3°N and 28.3°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 9 monthsN-2 R/B(2)’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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