CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2007-0089
USERS (SERVICE MODULE)
USERS (SERVICE MODULE) (NORAD 27515) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 June 2007, after 4 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27515
International designator
2002-042A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
10 Sep 2002Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jun 2007UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 9 months1,739 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.4°N to 30.4°SFinal inclination 30.4°
Mass
800 kg
Operator
USEF / NASDA
Built by
MELCO
Bus
USERS SM
Programme
USERS
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 30.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.4°N and 30.4°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 9 monthsUSERS (SERVICE MODULE)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2002-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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