CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1982-0474
ARIANE 1 R/B
ARIANE 1 R/B (NORAD 11659) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 November 1982, after 2 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11659
International designator
1979-104B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
24 Dec 1979Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Nov 1982UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 10 months1,056 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
17.7°N to 17.7°SFinal inclination 17.7°
Mass
1,800 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 17.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 17.7°N and 17.7°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 10 monthsARIANE 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 14 Nov 1982
1 entryFrom the same launch
1979-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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