CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1977-0326
COSMOS 397 DEB
COSMOS 397 DEB (NORAD 5201) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 August 1977.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5201
International designator
1971-015AV
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Aug 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
6 years, 5 months2,357 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
COSMOS 397 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Aug 1977
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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