CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0102
ARIANE 2 DEB
ARIANE 2 DEB (NORAD 20132) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 April 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20132
International designator
1988-098C
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
28 Oct 1988Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Apr 1998UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 22 Apr 1998
Time since launch
9 years, 5 months3,464 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
3.9°N to 3.9°SFinal inclination 3.9°
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 3.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 3.9°N and 3.9°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 2 DEB’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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