CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1054
FALCON 9 R/B
FALCON 9 R/B (NORAD 45921) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 May 2025 over the South Atlantic Ocean, after 4 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
45921
International designator
2020-048B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
20 Jul 2020Cape Canaveral
Re-entered (UTC)
19 May 2025Recorded time 14:27 UTC
Time in orbit
4 years, 9 months1,764 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
26.5°N to 26.5°SFinal inclination 26.5°
Mass
4,000 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 1.0°S, 16.0°W at 14:27 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 26.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 26.5°N and 26.5°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 9 monthsFALCON 9 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 May 2025
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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