CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0151
ATLAS 1 CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 1 CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 23858) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 June 2000, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23858
International designator
1996-027B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
30 Apr 1996Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jun 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,501 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
4.0°N to 4.0°SFinal inclination 4.0°
Mass
1,840 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 4.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 4.0°N and 4.0°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 1 monthATLAS 1 CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Jun 2000
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1996-027
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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