CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0241
ARIANE 44L R/B
ARIANE 44L R/B (NORAD 25493) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 July 2012, after 13 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25493
International designator
1998-056C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
5 Oct 1998Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jul 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 9 months5,025 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.0°N to 7.0°SFinal inclination 7.0°
Mass
2,260 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 7.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.0°N and 7.0°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 9 monthsARIANE 44L 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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