CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0068
SPUTNIK 4
SPUTNIK 4 (NORAD 34) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 September 1962, after 2 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
34
International designator
1960-005A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
15 May 1960Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Sep 1962UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 3 months843 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
2,600 kg
Operator
OKB-1
Built by
OKB-1
Bus
Vostok PO
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 65.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.0°N and 65.0°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 3 monthsSPUTNIK 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 5 Sep 1962
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1960-005
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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