CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0197
ARIANE 44LP R/B
ARIANE 44LP R/B (NORAD 22118) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 October 1993, after 1 year, 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22118
International designator
1992-060C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
10 Sep 1992Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 1 month405 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.2°N to 7.2°SFinal inclination 7.2°
Mass
2,260 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 7.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.2°N and 7.2°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 1 monthARIANE 44LP R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Oct 1993
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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