CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1995-0083
OPTUS B2 (AUSSAT B2)
OPTUS B2 (AUSSAT B2) (NORAD 22278) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 June 1995, after 2 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22278
International designator
1992-090A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Australia
Launched
21 Dec 1992Xichang
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Jun 1995UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 6 months920 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.1°N to 28.1°SFinal inclination 28.1°
Mass
4,591 kg
Operator
Hughes
Built by
Thiokol/TE
Bus
Star 63
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 28.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.1°N and 28.1°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 6 monthsOPTUS B2 (AUSSAT B2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1992-090
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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