CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0116
COSMOS 838 DEB
COSMOS 838 DEB (NORAD 10077) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 March 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10077
International designator
1976-063R
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
2 Jul 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Mar 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 8 months618 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 838 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Mar 1978
5 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-063
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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