CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1974-0264
COSMOS 397 DEB
COSMOS 397 DEB (NORAD 5262) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 5 October 1974.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5262
International designator
1971-015BA
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
5 Oct 1974UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 4 Oct 1974
Time since launch
3 years, 7 months1,318 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1971-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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