CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0700
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 17463) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 October 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17463
International designator
1986-019HA
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
22 Feb 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 7 months971 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.2°N to 81.2°SFinal inclination 98.8°
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 98.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.2°N and 81.2°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Oct 1988
6 entriesPart of a fragment group
475 on recordEntered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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