CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0351
ATV 3
ATV 3 (NORAD 38096) was deorbited in a controlled re-entry after a space station visit on 3 October 2012, after 6 months in orbit.
Controlled re-entryOfficial date
NORAD number
38096
International designator
2012-010A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
European Space Agency
Launched
23 Mar 2012Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Oct 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
6 months194 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
19,714 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 3’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Oct 2012
3 entriesFrom the same launch
2012-010
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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