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RE: ARIANE 44L Rocket body re-entry

Blobrana · L

Update:
The ARIANE 44L rocket body is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 4th January, 2012 @ 04:02 GMT ± 6 hours.

ARIANE 44L RB
1 21654U 91055B   12003.75273148  .44983128 -31875-4  11021-2 0  3989
2 21654 006.9232 049.4379 0350629 200.7779 099.0543 15.72201818240860

Period:       92.81 minutes
Inclination: 6.92°
Apogee:     707 km
Perigee:     118 km
Revolution Number: 24093
Predicted Location: 1.6°N, 49.5°E

Blobrana · L

Update:
The ARIANE 44L rocket body is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 4th January, 2012 @ 01:16 GMT ± 24 hours.

ARIANE 44L RB
1 21654U 91055B   12002.52922904  .20272625 -26680-4  94094-3 0  3891
2 21654 006.9150 059.0041 0657307 181.0807 202.3415 14.96055129240682

Period:       96.25 minutes
Inclination: 6.91°
Apogee:     1036 km
Perigee:     122 km
Revolution Number: 24091
Predicted Location: 6.3°S, 171.3°E

Blobrana · L

An ARIANE 44L rocket body that was launched on the 14th August, 1991, from the Kourou launch facility, for the Intelsat 605 Geosynchronous Satellite mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 4th January, 2012 @ 03:58 GMT ± 48 hours.

ARIANE 44L RB
1 21654U 91055B   11365.88836806 +.11884272 -23309-4 +81366-3 0 03773
2 21654 006.9314 070.6033 0894861 158.0031 184.2268 14.38186484240437

Period:       100.63 minutes
Inclination: 6.93°
Apogee:     1452 km
Perigee:     125 km
Revolution Number: 24093
Predicted Location: 3.5°N, 33.7°E

On 14 August 1991, the Intelsat VI F-5, commonly known as the Intelsat 605, was launched on an Ariane-44L H10 rocket and was soon thereafter put into service over the Pacific Ocean.
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