CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0286
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 21990) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 May 2002, after 9 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21990
International designator
1992-032B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
10 Jun 1992Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
30 May 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 11 months3,641 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.2°N to 26.2°SFinal inclination 26.2°
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 26.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.2°N and 26.2°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 11 monthsATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 May 2002
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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