CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0176
ARIANE 3 R/B
ARIANE 3 R/B (NORAD 15679) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 March 2002, after 16 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
15679
International designator
1985-035C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
8 May 1985Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Mar 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
16 years, 10 months6,167 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.5°N to 6.5°SFinal inclination 6.5°
Mass
1,811 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 6.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.5°N and 6.5°S.
Life in orbit
16 years, 10 monthsARIANE 3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Mar 2002
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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