CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2009-0257
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 25372) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 October 2009, after 11 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25372
International designator
1998-037B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
18 Jun 1998Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Oct 2009UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 4 months4,151 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
22.7°N to 22.7°SFinal inclination 22.7°
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 22.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 22.7°N and 22.7°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 4 monthsATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Oct 2009
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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