CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2000-0342
ARIANE 44P R/B
ARIANE 44P R/B (NORAD 25069) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 November 2000, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25069
International designator
1997-075C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
2 Dec 1997Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Nov 2000UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,071 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
4.2°N to 4.2°SFinal inclination 4.2°
Mass
2,151 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 4.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 4.2°N and 4.2°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 11 monthsARIANE 44P R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Nov 2000
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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