CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2022-1495
HELIOS 2A DEB
HELIOS 2A DEB (NORAD 50801) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 3 July 2022.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
50801
International designator
2004-049P
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
18 Dec 2004Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
3 Jul 2022UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 years, 6 months6,406 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
82.0°N to 82.0°SFinal inclination 98.0°
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 98.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 82.0°N and 82.0°S.
Life in orbit
HELIOS 2A DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 3 Jul 2022
3 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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