CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1980-0233
PEOLE
PEOLE (NORAD 4801) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 June 1980, after 9 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4801
International designator
1970-109A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
France
Launched
12 Dec 1970Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Jun 1980UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
9 years, 6 months3,474 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
15.0°N to 15.0°SFinal inclination 15.0°
Mass
57 kg
Operator
CNES
Built by
Ae/Cannes
Bus
FR-2
Programme
CNES US
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 15.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 15.0°N and 15.0°S.
Life in orbit
9 years, 6 monthsPEOLE’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Jun 1980
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1970-109
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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