CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2005-0172
ARIANE 44LP R/B
ARIANE 44LP R/B (NORAD 25955) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 October 2005, after 5 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25955
International designator
1999-060B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
13 Nov 1999Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Oct 2005UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 11 months2,163 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.2°N to 6.2°SFinal inclination 6.2°
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 6.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.2°N and 6.2°S.
Life in orbit
5 years, 11 monthsARIANE 44LP R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Oct 2005
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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