CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0184
ARIANE 2 DEB
ARIANE 2 DEB (NORAD 40784) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 2020.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40784
International designator
1989-006CD
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
27 Jan 1989Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 2020UTC calendar day
Time since launch
31 years, 7 months11,539 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 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Aug 2020
2 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/2020-0184
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.