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Entry no.
1965-0323
SPUTNIK 4 CABIN
SPUTNIK 4 CABIN (NORAD 36) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 October 1965, after 5 years, 5 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
36
International designator
1960-005C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
15 May 1960Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Oct 1965UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
5 years, 5 months1,979 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
Mass
2,100 kg
Operator
OKB-1
Built by
OKB-1
Bus
Vostok
Programme
Vostok1
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
5 years, 5 monthsSPUTNIK 4 CABIN’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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