CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0187
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 17472) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 April 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17472
International designator
1986-019HK
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
22 Feb 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Apr 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
5 years, 2 months1,892 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.1°N to 82.1°SFinal inclination 97.9°
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 97.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.1°N and 82.1°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Apr 1991
1 entryPart of a fragment group
475 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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