CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0060
ARIANE 3 DEB
ARIANE 3 DEB (NORAD 18364) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 March 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18364
International designator
1987-078E
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
16 Sep 1987Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Mar 1998UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 20 Mar 1998
Time since launch
10 years, 6 months3,839 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.1°N to 7.1°SFinal inclination 7.1°
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 7.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.1°N and 7.1°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Mar 1998
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1987-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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