CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0392
D2 B (AURA)
D2 B (AURA) (NORAD 8332) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 September 1982, after 7 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
8332
International designator
1975-092A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
France
Launched
27 Sep 1975Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Sep 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
7 years2,560 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
37.1°N to 37.1°SFinal inclination 37.1°
Mass
107 kg
Operator
CNES
Built by
Ae/Cannes
Bus
D-2
Programme
Diamant Ast
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
7 yearsD2 B (AURA)’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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