CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0102
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 24666) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 April 1997, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24666
International designator
1996-067B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
21 Nov 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Apr 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months137 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
23.5°N to 23.5°SFinal inclination 23.5°
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 23.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 23.5°N and 23.5°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Apr 1997
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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