CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0453
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 26686) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 December 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26686
International designator
1985-056L
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
2 Jul 1985Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Dec 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
27 years, 5 months10,029 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.7°N to 7.7°SFinal inclination 7.7°
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 7.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.7°N and 7.7°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Dec 2012
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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