CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0020
ARIANE 44LP R/B
ARIANE 44LP R/B (NORAD 25950) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 January 2000, after 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25950
International designator
1999-059B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
19 Oct 1999Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jan 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 months100 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.0°N to 6.0°SFinal inclination 6.0°
Mass
2,000 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 6.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.0°N and 6.0°S.
Life in orbit
3 monthsARIANE 44LP 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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