CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0135
SPUTNIK 22 DEB
SPUTNIK 22 DEB (NORAD 497) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 26 December 1962.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
497
International designator
1962-057U
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
24 Oct 1962Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
26 Dec 1962UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months63 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
SPUTNIK 22 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 26 Dec 1962
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1962-057
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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