RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
AUREOLE 2
AUREOLE 2 (NORAD 7003) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 October 2026, after 52 years, 10 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
7003
International designator
1973-107A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
France
Launched
26 Dec 1973Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Oct 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
52 years, 10 months19,298 days
How it ended
Re-entered
Latitude range
73.9°N to 73.9°SFinal inclination 73.9°
Mass
348 kg
Operator
MOM / CNES
Built by
Southern SDB
Bus
DS-U2
Programme
DS-U2-GKA
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 73.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 73.9°N and 73.9°S.
Life in orbit
52 years, 10 monthsAUREOLE 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Oct 2026
1 entryFrom the same launch
1973-107
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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