CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0215
ARIANE 1 R/B
ARIANE 1 R/B (NORAD 14787) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 April 1988, after 4 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
14787
International designator
1984-023B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
5 Mar 1984Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Apr 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 1 month1,493 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
8.2°N to 8.2°SFinal inclination 8.2°
Mass
1,632 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 8.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 8.2°N and 8.2°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 1 monthARIANE 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Apr 1988
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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