CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0056
N-2 R/B
N-2 R/B (NORAD 13786) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 May 1996, after 13 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13786
International designator
1983-006B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
4 Feb 1983Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
27 May 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 3 months4,861 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
28.4°N to 28.4°SFinal inclination 28.4°
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 28.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 28.4°N and 28.4°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 3 monthsN-2 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 May 1996
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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