CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1972-0223
DIAMANT B DEB
DIAMANT B DEB (NORAD 5139) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 July 1972.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5139
International designator
1971-030C
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
15 Apr 1971Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Jul 1972UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 3 months457 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.4°N to 46.4°SFinal inclination 46.4°
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 46.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.4°N and 46.4°S.
Life in orbit
DIAMANT B DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Jul 1972
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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