CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0182
FREGAT R/B
FREGAT R/B (NORAD 35009) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 2020, after 11 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
35009
International designator
2009-029B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Russia
Launched
21 May 2009Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 2020UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 3 months4,120 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
63.3°N to 63.3°SFinal inclination 63.3°
Mass
6,600 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 63.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 63.3°N and 63.3°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 3 monthsFREGAT R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Aug 2020
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2009-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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