CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0027
M-5 R/B
M-5 R/B (NORAD 28942) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 February 2011, after 4 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
28942
International designator
2006-005D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
21 Feb 2006Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Feb 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 11 months1,807 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.9°N to 81.9°SFinal inclination 98.1°
Mass
11,100 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 98.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.9°N and 81.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 11 monthsM-5 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Feb 2011
1 entryFrom the same launch
2006-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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