CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2006-0013
IUS R/B(1)
IUS R/B(1) (NORAD 20299) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 February 2006, after 16 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20299
International designator
1989-084C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
18 Oct 1989Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Feb 2006UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 4 months5,969 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
34.0°N to 34.0°SFinal inclination 34.0°
Mass
10,940 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 34.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 34.0°N and 34.0°S.
Life in orbit
16 years, 4 monthsIUS R/B(1)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1989-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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