CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0131
SPUTNIK 22 DEB
SPUTNIK 22 DEB (NORAD 496) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 December 1962.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
496
International designator
1962-057T
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
24 Oct 1962Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Dec 1962UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 month60 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.7°N to 64.7°SFinal inclination 64.7°
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 64.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.7°N and 64.7°S.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1962-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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