CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0022
ARIANE 5 DEB
ARIANE 5 DEB (NORAD 44602) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 22 January 2020.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
44602
International designator
2016-004C
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
27 Jan 2016Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
22 Jan 2020UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 years, 11 months1,456 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
1.3°N to 1.3°SFinal inclination 1.3°
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 1.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 1.3°N and 1.3°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 5 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 22 Jan 2020
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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