CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0360
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B
ATLAS CENTAUR R/B (NORAD 26370) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 October 2013 over North America, after 13 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26370
International designator
2000-028B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
24 May 2000Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Oct 2013Recorded time 08:44 UTC
Time in orbit
13 years, 5 months4,904 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
19.5°N to 19.5°SFinal inclination 19.5°
Mass
18,500 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 18.0°N, 93.0°W at 08:44 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 19.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 19.5°N and 19.5°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 5 monthsATLAS CENTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Oct 2013
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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