CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1999-0112
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 25496) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 April 1999, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25496
International designator
1998-057B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
9 Oct 1998Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Apr 1999UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months187 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
24.6°N to 24.6°SFinal inclination 24.6°
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 24.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 24.6°N and 24.6°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Apr 1999
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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