CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0035
ARIANE 44L R/B
ARIANE 44L R/B (NORAD 27415) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 March 2005, after 2 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27415
International designator
2002-019B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
16 Apr 2002Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Mar 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 11 months1,075 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.5°N to 6.5°SFinal inclination 6.5°
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 6.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.5°N and 6.5°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 11 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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