CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0034
H-2 R/B(1)
H-2 R/B(1) (NORAD 25065) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 January 1999, after 1 year, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25065
International designator
1997-074C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
27 Nov 1997Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jan 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 2 months426 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
34.5°N to 34.5°SFinal inclination 34.5°
Mass
3,030 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 34.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 34.5°N and 34.5°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 2 monthsH-2 R/B(1)’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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