CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2013-0278
ARIANE 3 DEB
ARIANE 3 DEB (NORAD 26805) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 17 August 2013.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
26805
International designator
1986-026H
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
28 Mar 1986Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
17 Aug 2013UTC calendar day
Time since launch
27 years, 4 months10,004 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
8.4°N to 8.4°SFinal inclination 8.4°
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 8.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 8.4°N and 8.4°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 3 DEB’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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