CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0221
DIAMANT B-P4 DEB
DIAMANT B-P4 DEB (NORAD 8337) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 May 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
8337
International designator
1975-092D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
27 Sep 1975Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
16 May 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 7 months962 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
37.1°N to 37.1°SFinal inclination 37.1°
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 37.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 37.1°N and 37.1°S.
Life in orbit
DIAMANT B-P4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1975-092
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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