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Entry no.
1989-0314

ARIANE 1 DEB

ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 17980) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 March 1989.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17980
International designator
1986-019NG
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
22 Feb 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Mar 1989UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years1,119 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.4°N to 80.4°SFinal inclination 99.6°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 99.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.4°N and 80.4°S.

Life in orbit

ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 17 Mar 1989

4 entries
1989-0316Kosmos-1985 SS 41989-0312COSMOS 1461 DEB1989-0313ARIANE 1 DEB1989-0315SOLWIND DEB

Part of a fragment group

475 on record
475One of 475 fragments of Ariane 1 on record →
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