CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0081
ARIANE 42P R/B
ARIANE 42P R/B (NORAD 24314) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 April 2000, after 3 years, 6 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
24314
International designator
1996-055B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
11 Sep 1996Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Apr 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 6 months1,299 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.3°N to 7.3°SFinal inclination 7.3°
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 7.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.3°N and 7.3°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 6 monthsARIANE 42P R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Apr 2000
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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