CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0018
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 23658) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 February 1996, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23658
International designator
1995-043B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
29 Aug 1995Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Feb 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months167 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
2,300 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
5 monthsATLAS 2AS CENTAUR 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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