CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0227
N-1 R/B
N-1 R/B (NORAD 9859) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 September 1992, after 15 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
9859
International designator
1977-014B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
23 Feb 1977Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Sep 1992UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 14 Nov 1991
Time in orbit
15 years, 6 months5,687 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
23.4°N to 23.4°SFinal inclination 23.4°
Mass
669 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 23.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 23.4°N and 23.4°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 6 monthsN-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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