CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0290
ARIANE 5 R/B
ARIANE 5 R/B (NORAD 26641) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 May 2002, after 1 year, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26641
International designator
2000-081D
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
20 Dec 2000Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
31 May 2002UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 5 months527 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
2.1°N to 2.1°SFinal inclination 2.1°
Mass
1,190 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 2.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 2.1°N and 2.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 5 monthsARIANE 5 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 May 2002
2 entriesFrom the same launch
2000-081
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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