CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1993-0213
ARIANE 44LP R/B
ARIANE 44LP R/B (NORAD 19218) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 November 1993, after 5 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19218
International designator
1988-051D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
15 Jun 1988Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Nov 1993UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 4 months1,974 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
10.1°N to 10.1°SFinal inclination 10.1°
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 10.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 10.1°N and 10.1°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 4 monthsARIANE 44LP R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1988-051
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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