CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0077
ARIANE 44LP R/B
ARIANE 44LP R/B (NORAD 21141) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 February 2002, after 10 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21141
International designator
1991-015C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
2 Mar 1991Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Feb 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
10 years, 11 months3,998 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.9°N to 6.9°SFinal inclination 6.9°
Mass
2,260 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 6.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.9°N and 6.9°S.
Life in orbit
10 years, 11 monthsARIANE 44LP R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Feb 2002
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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