CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1996-0124
ARIANE 44P+3 R/B
ARIANE 44P+3 R/B (NORAD 23916) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 September 1996, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23916
International designator
1996-035B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
15 Jun 1996Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Sep 1996UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months107 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.0°N to 7.0°SFinal inclination 7.0°
Mass
2,000 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 7.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.0°N and 7.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsARIANE 44P+3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Sep 1996
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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