CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0038
ARIANE 1 DEB
ARIANE 1 DEB (NORAD 40777) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 February 2016.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40777
International designator
1979-104AE
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
24 Dec 1979Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Feb 2016UTC calendar day
Time since launch
36 years, 1 month13,195 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 1 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Feb 2016
1 entryFrom the same launch
1979-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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