CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-1602
H-2A R/B
H-2A R/B (NORAD 55330) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 October 2024, after 1 year, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
55330
International designator
2023-012B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
26 Jan 2023Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Oct 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 8 months620 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.8°N to 82.8°SFinal inclination 97.2°
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 97.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.8°N and 82.8°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 8 monthsH-2A R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Oct 2024
5 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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