CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0816
ARIANE 1 R/B
ARIANE 1 R/B (NORAD 13025) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 November 1988, after 6 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
13025
International designator
1981-122C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
European Space Agency
Launched
20 Dec 1981Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Nov 1988UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 years, 11 months2,528 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
10.3°N to 10.3°SFinal inclination 10.3°
Mass
1,800 kg
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 10.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 10.3°N and 10.3°S.
Life in orbit
6 years, 11 monthsARIANE 1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Nov 1988
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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