CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0045
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 23529) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 February 1999, after 3 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23529
International designator
1995-013B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
22 Mar 1995Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Feb 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 10 months1,417 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.5°N to 26.5°SFinal inclination 26.5°
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 26.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.5°N and 26.5°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 10 monthsATLAS 2AS 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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