CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0098
ARIANE DEB (SPELDA)
ARIANE DEB (SPELDA) (NORAD 23951) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 March 2001.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23951
International designator
1996-040D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
9 Jul 1996Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Mar 2001UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 26 Mar 2001
Time since launch
4 years, 8 months1,720 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.9°N to 6.9°SFinal inclination 6.9°
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 6.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.9°N and 6.9°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE DEB (SPELDA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Mar 2001
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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