RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
EROS B
EROS B (NORAD 29079) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 February 2026 over the North Atlantic Ocean, after 19 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
29079
International designator
2006-014A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Israel
Launched
25 Apr 2006Svobodny
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Feb 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 years, 9 months7,226 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.7°N to 82.7°SFinal inclination 97.3°
Mass
290 kg
Operator
IMAGT?
Built by
IAI
Bus
Ofeq
Programme
Ofeq EROS
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 49.0°N, 18.0°W. Its final orbit, inclined at 97.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.7°N and 82.7°S.
Life in orbit
19 years, 9 monthsEROS B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Feb 2026
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2006-014
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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