CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1957-0001
Sputnik 1 core stage
SL-1 R/B
Sputnik 1 core stage (NORAD 1) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 December 1957, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
1
International designator
1957-001A
Object type
Rocket body
Country
USSR
Launched
4 Oct 1957Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Dec 1957UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 month58 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
7,790 kg
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
1 monthFrom the same launch
1957-001
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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