CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0142
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 16102) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 April 2012, after 26 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
16102
International designator
1985-087B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
28 Sep 1985Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Apr 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
26 years, 6 months9,701 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
22.8°N to 22.8°SFinal inclination 22.8°
Mass
2,000 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 22.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 22.8°N and 22.8°S.
Life in orbit
26 years, 6 monthsATLAS CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Apr 2012
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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