CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0251
M-5 R/B
M-5 R/B (NORAD 29480) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 October 2009, after 3 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29480
International designator
2006-041B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
22 Sep 2006Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 2009UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years1,124 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
Mass
900 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 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
3 yearsM-5 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2006-041
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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