In orbitDebris

ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA]

NORAD: 32390
COSPAR: 2007-063D

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Spacecraft

Built by: EADS Bremen
Owner: Arianespace
Platform (bus): SYLDA 5
Mass at launch: 440 kg
Dry mass: 440 kg
Length: 5.2 m
Diameter: 4.5 m
Span with arrays and booms: 5.2 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S32390, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2007-12-21
Rocket: Ariane 5GS
Flight: Rascom 1/Horizons 2
Mission name: Rascom 1
Launch site: Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA3
Launched by: Arianespace
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2007-063

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2007-063, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: FR
Launch date: 2007-12-21
Period: 634.4 min
Inclination: 5.53°
Apogee: 35,596 km
Perigee: 559 km
Radar cross-section: 20.215 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: ARIANE 5 R/B (NORAD 32389)
Catalogued pieces that came from it: 1

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit