CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0111
ARIANE 3 DEB
ARIANE 3 DEB (NORAD 26031) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 June 2004.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26031
International designator
1988-018E
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
11 Mar 1988Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jun 2004UTC calendar day
Time since launch
16 years, 3 months5,955 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.4°N to 6.4°SFinal inclination 6.4°
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 6.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.4°N and 6.4°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 3 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 30 Jun 2004
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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