CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0007
ARIANE 44L R/B
ARIANE 44L R/B (NORAD 21654) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 January 2012, after 20 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21654
International designator
1991-055B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
14 Aug 1991Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
4 Jan 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
20 years, 4 months7,448 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.9°N to 6.9°SFinal inclination 6.9°
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 6.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.9°N and 6.9°S.
Life in orbit
20 years, 4 monthsARIANE 44L R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 Jan 2012
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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