CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0005
ARIANE 42P+3 R/B
ARIANE 42P+3 R/B (NORAD 23599) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 13 January 2008, after 12 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
23599
International designator
1995-029B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
10 Jun 1995Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
13 Jan 2008UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
12 years, 7 months4,600 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.8°N to 6.8°SFinal inclination 6.8°
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 6.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.8°N and 6.8°S.
Life in orbit
12 years, 7 monthsARIANE 42P+3 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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