CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0327
HTV-3
HTV-3 (NORAD 38706) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 14 September 2012, after 1 month in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
38706
International designator
2012-038A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
21 Jul 2012Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Sep 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month55 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
15,400 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
1 monthHTV-3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2012-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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