CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2021-0096
ARIANE 44L R/B
ARIANE 44L R/B (NORAD 22032) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 March 2021, after 28 years, 8 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
22032
International designator
1992-041C
Object type
Rocket body
Country
France
Launched
9 Jul 1992Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Mar 2021UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
28 years, 8 months10,477 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
7.0°N to 7.0°SFinal inclination 7.0°
Mass
2,100 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 7.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 7.0°N and 7.0°S.
Life in orbit
28 years, 8 monthsARIANE 44L R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Mar 2021
1 entry
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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