CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0040
H-2 R/B(2)
H-2 R/B(2) (NORAD 25066) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 February 1998, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25066
International designator
1997-074D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
27 Nov 1997Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Feb 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months91 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
35.0°N to 35.0°SFinal inclination 35.0°
Mass
200 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 35.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 35.0°N and 35.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsH-2 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1997-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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