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Entry no.
1960-0012

SPUTNIK 4 DEB

SPUTNIK 4 DEB (NORAD 40) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 September 1960.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
40
International designator
1960-005G
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 May 1960Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Sep 1960UTC calendar day
Time since launch
4 months132 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.

Life in orbit

SPUTNIK 4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 24 Sep 1960

1 entry
1960-0011SPUTNIK 4 DEB

From the same launch

1960-005
1960-0006SL-3 R/B1962-0068SPUTNIK 41965-0323SPUTNIK 4 CABIN
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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