CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1990-0430
ARIEL 6
ARIEL 6 (NORAD 11382) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 September 1990, after 11 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11382
International designator
1979-047A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United Kingdom
Launched
2 Jun 1979Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Sep 1990UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 3 months4,131 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
55.0°N to 55.0°SFinal inclination 55.0°
Mass
154 kg
Operator
SRC
Built by
Marconi
Bus
UK 6
Programme
UK
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 55.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 55.0°N and 55.0°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 3 monthsARIEL 6’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Sep 1990
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1979-047
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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