CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0010
ARIANE 44L+ R/B
ARIANE 44L+ R/B (NORAD 23315) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 January 1996, after 1 year, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23315
International designator
1994-065C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
8 Oct 1994Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jan 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 3 months471 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
4.1°N to 4.1°SFinal inclination 4.1°
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 4.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 4.1°N and 4.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 3 monthsARIANE 44L+ R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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