CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0121
SS-520-5 R/B
SS-520-5 R/B (NORAD 43202) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 June 2018, after 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
43202
International designator
2018-016B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
3 Feb 2018Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jun 2018UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months139 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
30.9°N to 30.9°SFinal inclination 30.9°
Mass
88 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 30.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 30.9°N and 30.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 monthsSS-520-5 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
2018-016
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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