CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2167
H-2A R/B
H-2A R/B (NORAD 40539) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 November 2022, after 7 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
40539
International designator
2015-015B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
26 Mar 2015Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Nov 2022UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years, 7 months2,778 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
83.2°N to 83.2°SFinal inclination 96.8°
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 96.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 83.2°N and 83.2°S.
Life in orbit
7 years, 7 monthsH-2A R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Nov 2022
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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