CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2025-0073
ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA)
ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA) (NORAD 38781) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 January 2025.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38781
International designator
2012-051D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
28 Sep 2012Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Jan 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
12 years, 3 months4,484 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
6.3°N to 6.3°SFinal inclination 6.3°
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 6.3°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 6.3°N and 6.3°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Jan 2025
7 entries
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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