CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0631
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 18289) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18289
International designator
1986-019RX
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
22 Feb 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 7 months953 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.4°N to 81.4°SFinal inclination 98.6°
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 98.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.4°N and 81.4°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 Oct 1988
4 entriesPart of a fragment group
475 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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