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Entry no.
1998-0386
ARIANE DEB (SPELDA)
ARIANE DEB (SPELDA) (NORAD 23539) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 December 1998.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23539
International designator
1995-016D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
28 Mar 1995Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Dec 1998UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 9 months1,372 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.6°N to 6.6°SFinal inclination 6.6°
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 6.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.6°N and 6.6°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE DEB (SPELDA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Dec 1998
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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