RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
ARIANE 2 DEB
ARIANE 2 DEB (NORAD 23966) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 September 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
23966
International designator
1988-098F
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
28 Oct 1988Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Sep 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
37 years, 11 months13,850 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
3.4°N to 3.4°SFinal inclination 3.4°
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 3.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 3.4°N and 3.4°S.
Life in orbit
ARIANE 2 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Sep 2026
1 entry
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