CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2019-0005
FALCON 9 R/B
FALCON 9 R/B (NORAD 41553) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 2019, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
41553
International designator
2016-031B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
27 May 2016Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 2019UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months954 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
20.0°N to 20.0°SFinal inclination 20.0°
Mass
4,000 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 20.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 20.0°N and 20.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 7 monthsFALCON 9 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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