CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-0234
FALCON 9 R/B
FALCON 9 R/B (NORAD 42071) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 February 2022, after 4 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
42071
International designator
2017-014B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
16 Mar 2017Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Feb 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 10 months1,788 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
22.2°N to 22.2°SFinal inclination 22.2°
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 22.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 22.2°N and 22.2°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 10 monthsFALCON 9 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Feb 2022
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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