CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1989-0119
ARIANE 3 DEB (SYLDA)
ARIANE 3 DEB (SYLDA) (NORAD 18954) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 February 1989.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18954
International designator
1988-018D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
11 Mar 1988Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Feb 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 months327 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.6°N to 6.6°SFinal inclination 6.6°
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 6.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.6°N and 6.6°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 3 DEB (SYLDA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Feb 1989
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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