CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2008-0564
ATV 1
ATV 1 (NORAD 32686) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 29 September 2008, after 6 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
32686
International designator
2008-008A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
European Space Agency
Launched
9 Mar 2008Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Sep 2008UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months204 days
How it ended
Deorbited (controlled re-entry) after a station visit
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
Mass
19,400 kg
Operator
ESA
Built by
EADS/Bremen
Bus
ATV
Programme
ATV
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
6 monthsATV 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Sep 2008
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2008-008
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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