CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2016-0196
ARIANE 44L R/B
ARIANE 44L R/B (NORAD 20874) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 September 2016 over the Indian Ocean, after 25 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
20874
International designator
1990-091C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
12 Oct 1990Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Sep 2016Recorded time 10:30 UTC
Time in orbit
25 years, 11 months9,475 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.5°N to 7.5°SFinal inclination 7.5°
Mass
2,260 kg
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 7.0°N, 56.0°E at 10:30 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 7.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.5°N and 7.5°S.
Life in orbit
25 years, 11 monthsARIANE 44L R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Sep 2016
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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