CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0349
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 24749) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 November 1997, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24749
International designator
1997-011B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
8 Mar 1997Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Nov 1997UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months256 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.5°N to 25.5°SFinal inclination 25.5°
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 25.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.5°N and 25.5°S.
Life in orbit
8 monthsATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Nov 1997
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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