CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0360
JERS 1
JERS 1 (NORAD 21867) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 December 2001, after 9 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21867
International designator
1992-007A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
11 Feb 1992Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Dec 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 9 months3,583 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.4°N to 82.4°SFinal inclination 97.6°
Mass
1,400 kg
Operator
NASDA
Built by
MELCO
Bus
JERS
Programme
NASDA RS
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 97.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.4°N and 82.4°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 9 monthsJERS 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Dec 2001
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1992-007
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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