CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0163
ARIANE 2 DEB
ARIANE 2 DEB (NORAD 21859) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 June 1992.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
21859
International designator
1988-098D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
28 Oct 1988Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jun 1992UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 7 months1,338 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
3.7°N to 3.7°SFinal inclination 3.7°
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 3.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 3.7°N and 3.7°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Jun 1992
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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