CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0172
HTV-9
HTV-9 (NORAD 45607) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 20 August 2020, after 3 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
45607
International designator
2020-030A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Japan
Launched
20 May 2020Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Aug 2020UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months92 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
3 monthsHTV-9’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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