CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2020-0256
ARIANE 44L+ R/B
ARIANE 44L+ R/B (NORAD 21941) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 October 2020, after 28 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
21941
International designator
1992-021C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
15 Apr 1992Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Oct 2020UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
28 years, 5 months10,397 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
4.0°N to 4.0°SFinal inclination 4.0°
Mass
2,260 kg
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 4.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 4.0°N and 4.0°S.
Life in orbit
28 years, 5 monthsARIANE 44L+ R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 2 Oct 2020
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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