CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1979-0314
DIAMANT B R/B
DIAMANT B R/B (NORAD 5135) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 July 1979, after 8 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
5135
International designator
1971-030B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
15 Apr 1971Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jul 1979UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 years, 2 months3,007 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
46.3°N to 46.3°SFinal inclination 46.3°
Mass
95 kg
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 46.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 46.3°N and 46.3°S.
Life in orbit
8 years, 2 monthsDIAMANT B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Jul 1979
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-030
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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