CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0037
BSAT-2B
BSAT-2B (NORAD 26864) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 January 2014, after 12 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26864
International designator
2001-029B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
12 Jul 2001Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Jan 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 6 months4,583 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
3.0°N to 3.0°SFinal inclination 3.0°
Mass
631 kg
Operator
OSC / BSAT
Built by
OSCD?
Bus
OSC Star 1
Programme
BSAT
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 3.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 3.0°N and 3.0°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 6 monthsBSAT-2B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Jan 2014
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2001-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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