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Entry no.
2002-0366

ARIANE 44L+ DEB

ARIANE 44L+ DEB (NORAD 22851) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 August 2002.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
22851
International designator
1992-021F
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Aug 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 4 months3,788 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
4.0°N to 4.0°SFinal inclination 4.0°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 4.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 4.0°N and 4.0°S.

Life in orbit

ARIANE 44L+ DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

From the same launch

1992-021
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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