CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1998-0222
ARIANE 44L R/B
ARIANE 44L R/B (NORAD 25051) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 6 August 1998, after 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25051
International designator
1997-071C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
11 Nov 1997Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
6 Aug 1998UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
8 months268 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.1°N to 7.1°SFinal inclination 7.1°
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 7.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.1°N and 7.1°S.
Life in orbit
8 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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