CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0269
ARIANE 2 DEB
ARIANE 2 DEB (NORAD 26800) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 July 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26800
International designator
1989-027D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
2 Apr 1989Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Jul 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 3 months8,520 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
2.6°N to 2.6°SFinal inclination 2.6°
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 2.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 2.6°N and 2.6°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 2 DEB’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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