CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0201
MINOTAUR R/B
MINOTAUR R/B (NORAD 28872) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 November 2005, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28872
International designator
2005-037B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
23 Sep 2005Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Nov 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months67 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.5°N to 83.5°SFinal inclination 96.5°
Mass
1,180 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 96.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.5°N and 83.5°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsMINOTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2005-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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