CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0126
MINOTAUR R/B
MINOTAUR R/B (NORAD 26415) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 March 2014, after 13 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26415
International designator
2000-042B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
19 Jul 2000Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Mar 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 8 months4,996 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
Mass
1,180 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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 8 monthsMINOTAUR R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2000-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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