CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2001-0394
DIAMANT B R/B
DIAMANT B R/B (NORAD 4802) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 December 2001, after 31 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
4802
International designator
1970-109B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
12 Dec 1970Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 2001UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
31 years11,334 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
15.0°N to 15.0°SFinal inclination 15.0°
Mass
95 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 15.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 15.0°N and 15.0°S.
Life in orbit
31 yearsDIAMANT B R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 23 Dec 2001
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1970-109
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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