CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0233
ARIANE 3 DEB
ARIANE 3 DEB (NORAD 26466) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 April 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26466
International designator
1987-078G
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
16 Sep 1987Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Apr 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years, 7 months5,332 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.5°N to 7.5°SFinal inclination 7.5°
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 7.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.5°N and 7.5°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Apr 2002
1 entryFrom the same launch
1987-078
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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