CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0047
ARIANE 40 DEB
ARIANE 40 DEB (NORAD 26925) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 January 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26925
International designator
1991-050G
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
17 Jul 1991Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jan 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 6 months3,850 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.8°N to 81.8°SFinal inclination 98.2°
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 98.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.8°N and 81.8°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 40 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Jan 2002
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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