CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0062
H-2A R/B
H-2A R/B (NORAD 29394) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 February 2012, after 5 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29394
International designator
2006-037B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
11 Sep 2006Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Feb 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 5 months1,984 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.6°N to 82.6°SFinal inclination 97.4°
Mass
4,000 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 97.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.6°N and 82.6°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 5 monthsH-2A R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Feb 2012
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2006-037
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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