CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0472
N-1 R/B(2)
N-1 R/B(2) (NORAD 25776) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 September 2014, after 35 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25776
International designator
1979-009C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
6 Feb 1979Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Sep 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
35 years, 7 months13,017 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
23.8°N to 23.8°SFinal inclination 23.8°
Mass
669 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 23.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 23.8°N and 23.8°S.
Life in orbit
35 years, 7 monthsN-1 R/B(2)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Sep 2014
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-009
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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