CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0162
ARIANE 44LP R/B
ARIANE 44LP R/B (NORAD 20778) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 August 1993, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20778
International designator
1990-079C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
30 Aug 1990Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
28 Aug 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,094 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.4°N to 7.4°SFinal inclination 7.4°
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 7.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.4°N and 7.4°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 11 monthsARIANE 44LP R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 28 Aug 1993
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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