CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0432
ARIANE 5 R/B
ARIANE 5 R/B (NORAD 26865) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 November 2012, after 11 years, 4 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
26865
International designator
2001-029C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
12 Jul 2001Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Nov 2012UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
11 years, 4 months4,151 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
3.2°N to 3.2°SFinal inclination 3.2°
Mass
1,190 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 3.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 3.2°N and 3.2°S.
Life in orbit
11 years, 4 monthsARIANE 5 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Nov 2012
1 entryFrom the same launch
2001-029
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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