CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0775
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 17468) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 November 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17468
International designator
1986-019HF
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
22 Feb 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Nov 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 8 months989 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 7 Nov 1988
1 entryPart of a fragment group
475 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1988-0775
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1988-0775
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.