CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2007-0002
ARIANE 42L DEB (SPELDA)
ARIANE 42L DEB (SPELDA) (NORAD 22656) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 January 2007.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
22656
International designator
1993-031D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
12 May 1993Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jan 2007UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 years, 7 months4,983 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
5.0°N to 5.0°SFinal inclination 5.0°
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 5.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 5.0°N and 5.0°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 42L DEB (SPELDA)’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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