CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1960-0007
SPUTNIK 4 DEB
SPUTNIK 4 DEB (NORAD 38) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 August 1960.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
38
International designator
1960-005E
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 May 1960Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Aug 1960UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 1 Oct 1960
Time since launch
3 months97 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
SPUTNIK 4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Aug 1960
1 entryFrom the same launch
1960-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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