CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0076
ARIANE DEB (SPELDA)
ARIANE DEB (SPELDA) (NORAD 24934) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 21 April 2004.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24934
International designator
1997-049D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
2 Sep 1997Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
21 Apr 2004UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 7 months2,423 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.1°N to 7.1°SFinal inclination 7.1°
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
ARIANE DEB (SPELDA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 21 Apr 2004
1 entryFrom the same launch
1997-049
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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