CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0018
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 17428) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 January 1990.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17428
International designator
1986-019FP
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
22 Feb 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Jan 1990UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 10 months1,414 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.5°N to 81.5°SFinal inclination 98.5°
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 98.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.5°N and 81.5°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 6 Jan 1990
2 entriesPart of a fragment group
475 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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