CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0016
HTV-6
HTV-6 (NORAD 41881) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 5 February 2017, after 1 month in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
41881
International designator
2016-076A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
9 Dec 2016Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Feb 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month58 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
6,225 kg
Operator
JAXA
Built by
MHITO?
Bus
HTV
Programme
HTV
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthHTV-6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Feb 2017
1 entryFrom the same launch
2016-076
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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