CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0218
M-3S2 R/B
M-3S2 R/B (NORAD 21695) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 May 2014, after 22 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21695
International designator
1991-062B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
30 Aug 1991Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
2 May 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
22 years, 8 months8,281 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.3°N to 31.3°SFinal inclination 31.3°
Mass
310 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 31.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.3°N and 31.3°S.
Life in orbit
22 years, 8 monthsM-3S2 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 May 2014
1 entryFrom the same launch
1991-062
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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