CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2011-0085
HTV 2
HTV 2 (NORAD 37351) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 30 March 2011, after 2 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
37351
International designator
2011-003A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
22 Jan 2011Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Mar 2011UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months67 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
16,000 kg
Operator
JAXA
Built by
MHITO?
Bus
HTV
Programme
HTV
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsHTV 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Mar 2011
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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