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Entry no.
1977-0407

COSMOS 838 DEB

COSMOS 838 DEB (NORAD 10082) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 23 September 1977.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10082
International designator
1976-063W
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
2 Jul 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
23 Sep 1977UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 2 months448 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.5°N to 64.5°SFinal inclination 64.5°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 64.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.5°N and 64.5°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 838 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 23 Sep 1977

4 entries
1977-0405COSMOS 699 DEB1977-0406COSMOS 699 DEB1977-0408SL-6 PLAT1977-0409SL-6 DEB

From the same launch

1976-063
1976-0190SL-11 R/B1977-0348COSMOS 838
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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