CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1987-0162
ARIANE 1 R/B
ARIANE 1 R/B (NORAD 14423) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 May 1987, after 3 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14423
International designator
1983-105B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
19 Oct 1983Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
4 May 1987UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 6 months1,293 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
8.4°N to 8.4°SFinal inclination 8.4°
Mass
1,631 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 8.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 8.4°N and 8.4°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 6 monthsARIANE 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 May 1987
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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