CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0071
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 23462) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 June 1996, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23462
International designator
1995-001B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
10 Jan 1995Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jun 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months534 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.2°N to 26.2°SFinal inclination 26.2°
Mass
2,095 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 26.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.2°N and 26.2°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 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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