CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0518
ARIANE 44L R/B
ARIANE 44L R/B (NORAD 21766) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 October 2014, after 22 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21766
International designator
1991-075B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
29 Oct 1991Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Oct 2014UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
22 years, 11 months8,392 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.2°N to 7.2°SFinal inclination 7.2°
Mass
2,000 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 7.2°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.2°N and 7.2°S.
Life in orbit
22 years, 11 monthsARIANE 44L R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Oct 2014
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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