CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1976-0078
SALYUT 4 DEB
SALYUT 4 DEB (NORAD 7997) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 March 1976.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
7997
International designator
1974-104S
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
26 Dec 1974Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Mar 1976UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 2 months455 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
SALYUT 4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Mar 1976
1 entryFrom the same launch
1974-104
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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