CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0152
YOHKOH (SOLAR A)
YOHKOH (SOLAR A) (NORAD 21694) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 September 2005, after 14 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21694
International designator
1991-062A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
30 Aug 1991Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Sep 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
14 years5,127 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.3°N to 31.3°SFinal inclination 31.3°
Mass
390 kg
Operator
ISAS
Built by
ISAS / NEC
Bus
SOLAR-A
Programme
SOLAR
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 31.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.3°N and 31.3°S.
Life in orbit
14 yearsYOHKOH (SOLAR A)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Sep 2005
1 entryFrom the same launch
1991-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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