CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0196
H-2A R/B
H-2A R/B (NORAD 27700) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 June 2012, after 9 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27700
International designator
2003-009C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
28 Mar 2003Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jun 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 2 months3,355 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.0°N to 83.0°SFinal inclination 97.0°
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 97.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.0°N and 83.0°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 2 monthsH-2A R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2003-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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