CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1960-0013
SPUTNIK 4 DEB
SPUTNIK 4 DEB (NORAD 41) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 30 September 1960.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
41
International designator
1960-005H
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
15 May 1960Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
30 Sep 1960UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 1 Oct 1960
Time since launch
4 months138 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo 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.
From the same launch
1960-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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