CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0245
COSMOS 654 DEB (PELPS)
COSMOS 654 DEB (PELPS) (NORAD 7397) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 1974.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7397
International designator
1974-032D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
17 May 1974Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 1974UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 7 Sep 1974
Time since launch
3 months114 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.0°N to 65.0°SFinal inclination 65.0°
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
COSMOS 654 DEB (PELPS)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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