CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0058
ARIANE 44L DEB (SPELDA)
ARIANE 44L DEB (SPELDA) (NORAD 27401) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 April 2017.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
27401
International designator
2002-015C
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
29 Mar 2002Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Apr 2017UTC calendar day
Time since launch
15 years5,493 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
3.6°N to 3.6°SFinal inclination 3.6°
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 3.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 3.6°N and 3.6°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 44L DEB (SPELDA)’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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