CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0280
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 25020) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 September 1998, after 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25020
International designator
1997-065B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
25 Oct 1997Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Sep 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 months337 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.1°N to 26.1°SFinal inclination 26.1°
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 26.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.1°N and 26.1°S.
Life in orbit
11 monthsATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Sep 1998
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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