CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-1708
H-2A DEB
H-2A DEB (NORAD 38346) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 November 2025 over Africa.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38346
International designator
2012-025G
Object type
Fragment
Country
Japan
Parent launched
17 May 2012Tanegashima
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Nov 2025Recorded time 04:42 UTC
Time since launch
13 years, 5 months4,921 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 2.0°N, 28.0°E at 04:42 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
H-2A DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Nov 2025
2 entriesEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2025-1708
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.