CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0404
ARIANE 44L DEB
ARIANE 44L DEB (NORAD 24750) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 December 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24750
International designator
1991-003J
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
15 Jan 1991Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Dec 1997UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 23 Dec 1997
Time since launch
6 years, 11 months2,533 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.8°N to 6.8°SFinal inclination 6.8°
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 6.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.8°N and 6.8°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 44L DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Dec 1997
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1991-003
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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