CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0062
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 27529) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 April 2003, after 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27529
International designator
2002-044B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
18 Sep 2002Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Apr 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months197 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
21.0°N to 21.0°SFinal inclination 21.0°
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 21.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 21.0°N and 21.0°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Apr 2003
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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