CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0486
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 17131) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 December 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17131
International designator
1986-019AA
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
22 Feb 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Dec 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 9 months6,133 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.2°N to 82.2°SFinal inclination 97.8°
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 97.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.2°N and 82.2°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Dec 2002
1 entryPart of a fragment group
475 on record
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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