CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0071
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 25240) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 April 2003, after 5 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25240
International designator
1998-014B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
28 Feb 1998Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Apr 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 1 month1,884 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
22.4°N to 22.4°SFinal inclination 22.4°
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 22.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 22.4°N and 22.4°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 1 monthATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Apr 2003
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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