CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0273
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 17673) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 May 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17673
International designator
1986-019KP
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
22 Feb 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
2 May 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 2 months800 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.8°N to 80.8°SFinal inclination 99.2°
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 99.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.8°N and 80.8°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 May 1988
1 entryPart of a fragment group
475 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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