CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0116
ARIANE 44LP R/B
ARIANE 44LP R/B (NORAD 19877) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 April 1992, after 3 years, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19877
International designator
1989-020C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
6 Mar 1989Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Apr 1992UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 1 month1,142 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.6°N to 6.6°SFinal inclination 6.6°
Mass
2,100 kg
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 6.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.6°N and 6.6°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 1 monthARIANE 44LP R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Apr 1992
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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