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Entry no.
1992-0075
ARIANE 44LP DEB (SPELDA)
ARIANE 44LP DEB (SPELDA) (NORAD 20171) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 March 1992.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20171
International designator
1989-062D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
8 Aug 1989Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Mar 1992UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 years, 7 months943 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.2°N to 7.2°SFinal inclination 7.2°
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 7.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.2°N and 7.2°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 44LP DEB (SPELDA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Mar 1992
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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