CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0101
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 23193) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 April 1998, after 3 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23193
International designator
1994-047B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
3 Aug 1994Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Apr 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 8 months1,358 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.8°N to 26.8°SFinal inclination 26.8°
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 26.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.8°N and 26.8°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 8 monthsATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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