CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0428
ARIANE 3 R/B
ARIANE 3 R/B (NORAD 19485) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 August 2008, after 19 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
19485
International designator
1988-081C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
8 Sep 1988Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Aug 2008UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 years, 10 months7,268 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.5°N to 7.5°SFinal inclination 7.5°
Mass
2,100 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 7.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.5°N and 7.5°S.
Life in orbit
19 years, 10 monthsARIANE 3 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Aug 2008
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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