CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0205
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 24881) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 July 1998, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24881
International designator
1997-036B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
28 Jul 1997Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Jul 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months349 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
2,095 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
11 months
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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