CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0100
SPUTNIK 22
SPUTNIK 22 (NORAD 443) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 October 1962, after 5 days in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
443
International designator
1962-057A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
24 Oct 1962Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Oct 1962UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 days5 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.1°N to 65.1°SFinal inclination 65.1°
Mass
893 kg
Operator
OKB-1
Built by
OKB-1
Bus
MV
Programme
2MV
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 65.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.1°N and 65.1°S.
Life in orbit
5 days
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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