CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0002
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 18406) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 January 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18406
International designator
1986-019SM
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
22 Feb 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Jan 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 10 months1,044 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.9°N to 80.9°SFinal inclination 99.1°
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 99.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.9°N and 80.9°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Jan 1989
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
475 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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