CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2007-0166
ATLAS 2 CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2 CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 25259) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 October 2007, after 9 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25259
International designator
1998-016B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
16 Mar 1998Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Oct 2007UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 7 months3,509 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.7°N to 26.7°SFinal inclination 26.7°
Mass
2,095 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 26.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.7°N and 26.7°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 7 monthsATLAS 2 CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Oct 2007
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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