CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0324
ARIANE 2 DEB
ARIANE 2 DEB (NORAD 33552) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 September 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
33552
International designator
1989-006AU
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
27 Jan 1989Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Sep 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
23 years, 7 months8,627 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
8.1°N to 8.1°SFinal inclination 8.1°
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 8.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 8.1°N and 8.1°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Sep 2012
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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