CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0018
ATLAS CENTAUR DEB
ATLAS CENTAUR DEB (NORAD 25145) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 January 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25145
International designator
1978-016E
Object type
Fragment
Country
United States
Parent launched
9 Feb 1978Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jan 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
19 years, 11 months7,292 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.2°N to 26.2°SFinal inclination 26.2°
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
From the same launch
1978-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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