CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0291
M-3S2 R/B
M-3S2 R/B (NORAD 22522) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 December 2003, after 10 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22522
International designator
1993-011B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
20 Feb 1993Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Dec 2003UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 10 Dec 2003
Time in orbit
10 years, 9 months3,946 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.1°N to 31.1°SFinal inclination 31.1°
Mass
310 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 31.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.1°N and 31.1°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 9 monthsM-3S2 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Dec 2003
1 entryFrom the same launch
1993-011
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2003-0291
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2003-0291
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.