CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2004-0190
ARIANE 42L R/B
ARIANE 42L R/B (NORAD 26560) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 December 2004, after 4 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26560
International designator
2000-060B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
6 Oct 2000Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Dec 2004UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 years, 2 months1,528 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.9°N to 7.9°SFinal inclination 7.9°
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 7.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.9°N and 7.9°S.
Life in orbit
4 years, 2 monthsARIANE 42L R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Dec 2004
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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