CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0025
H-2 R/B
H-2 R/B (NORAD 25176) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 February 2000, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25176
International designator
1998-011B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
21 Feb 1998Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Feb 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months710 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.0°N to 30.0°SFinal inclination 30.0°
Mass
2,700 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 30.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.0°N and 30.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 11 monthsH-2 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Feb 2000
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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