CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0100
ATLAS 1 CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 1 CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 24787) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 April 1998, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24787
International designator
1997-019B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
25 Apr 1997Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Apr 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months361 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
27.4°N to 27.4°SFinal inclination 27.4°
Mass
1,840 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 27.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 27.4°N and 27.4°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsATLAS 1 CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Apr 1998
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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