CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0904
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 17394) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 December 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17394
International designator
1986-019FC
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
22 Feb 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Dec 1988UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 9 months1,031 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 98.9°
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 98.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 Dec 1988
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
475 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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