CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1085
M-5 R/B
M-5 R/B (NORAD 24721) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 May 2025 over the North Pacific Ocean, after 28 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24721
International designator
1997-005B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
Japan
Launched
12 Feb 1997Uchinoura
Re-entered (UTC)
27 May 2025Recorded time 02:47 UTC
Time in orbit
28 years, 3 months10,331 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
31.0°N to 31.0°SFinal inclination 31.0°
Mass
1,324 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 26.0°N, 82.0°W at 02:47 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 31.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 31.0°N and 31.0°S.
Life in orbit
28 years, 3 monthsM-5 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 May 2025
11 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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