CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0652
ARIANE 3 DEB (SYLDA)
ARIANE 3 DEB (SYLDA) (NORAD 18353) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 October 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18353
International designator
1987-078D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
16 Sep 1987Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Oct 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year388 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.2°N to 7.2°SFinal inclination 7.2°
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 7.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.2°N and 7.2°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 3 DEB (SYLDA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1987-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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