CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0040
ARIANE 44L R/B
ARIANE 44L R/B (NORAD 25640) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 11 February 2013, after 13 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
25640
International designator
1999-009C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
26 Feb 1999Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
11 Feb 2013UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
13 years, 11 months5,099 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.9°N to 6.9°SFinal inclination 6.9°
Mass
2,260 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 6.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.9°N and 6.9°S.
Life in orbit
13 years, 11 monthsARIANE 44L R/B’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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