CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0318
JCSAT 2 PKM (SSUS-A)
JCSAT 2 PKM (SSUS-A) (NORAD 20406) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 September 2013, after 23 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20406
International designator
1990-001F
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
1 Jan 1990Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Sep 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
23 years, 8 months8,669 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.4°N to 26.4°SFinal inclination 26.4°
Mass
3,547 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 26.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.4°N and 26.4°S.
Life in orbit
23 years, 8 monthsJCSAT 2 PKM (SSUS-A)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Sep 2013
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1990-001
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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