CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-2396
H-2A DEB
H-2A DEB (NORAD 54738) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 December 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
54738
International designator
2012-025AW
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
17 May 2012Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Dec 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 6 months3,863 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
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 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 14 Dec 2022
19 entriesEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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