CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0216
H-2A DEB
H-2A DEB (NORAD 43397) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 November 2018.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
43397
International designator
2012-025Q
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
17 May 2012Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Nov 2018UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 5 months2,366 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.6°N to 81.6°SFinal inclination 98.4°
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 98.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.6°N and 81.6°S.
Life in orbit
H-2A DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Nov 2018
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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