CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0202
N-2 R/B(2)
N-2 R/B(2) (NORAD 16600) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 November 2003, after 17 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16600
International designator
1986-016C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
12 Feb 1986Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Nov 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
17 years, 8 months6,472 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
27.8°N to 27.8°SFinal inclination 27.8°
Mass
1,123 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 27.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 27.8°N and 27.8°S.
Life in orbit
17 years, 8 monthsN-2 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Nov 2003
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1986-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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