CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1994-0050
N-2 R/B(2)
N-2 R/B(2) (NORAD 15157) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 April 1994, after 9 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15157
International designator
1984-080C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
2 Aug 1984Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Apr 1994UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 8 months3,557 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.7°N to 28.7°SFinal inclination 28.7°
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 28.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.7°N and 28.7°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 8 monthsN-2 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1984-080
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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