CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2003-0201
ARIANE 44L R/B
ARIANE 44L R/B (NORAD 27439) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 November 2003, after 1 year, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27439
International designator
2002-027B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
5 Jun 2002Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Nov 2003UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 4 months514 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.1°N to 7.1°SFinal inclination 7.1°
Mass
2,000 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 7.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.1°N and 7.1°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 4 monthsARIANE 44L R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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