CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0036
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 23554) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 March 2005, after 9 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23554
International designator
1995-019B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
7 Apr 1995Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Mar 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 11 months3,645 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
25.9°N to 25.9°SFinal inclination 25.9°
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 25.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 25.9°N and 25.9°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.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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