CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0211
M-5 R/B
M-5 R/B (NORAD 28774) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 December 2005, after 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28774
International designator
2005-025B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
10 Jul 2005Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 months166 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.4°N to 31.4°SFinal inclination 31.4°
Mass
11,100 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 31.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.4°N and 31.4°S.
Life in orbit
5 monthsM-5 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2005-025
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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