CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0139
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 25498) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 March 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
25498
International designator
1985-056G
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
2 Jul 1985Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Mar 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 8 months6,096 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.1°N to 7.1°SFinal inclination 7.1°
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 7.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.1°N and 7.1°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 11 Mar 2002
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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