CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0135
COSMOS 838 DEB
COSMOS 838 DEB (NORAD 10052) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 25 March 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10052
International designator
1976-063H
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
2 Jul 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
25 Mar 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 8 months631 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.6°N to 64.6°SFinal inclination 64.6°
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 64.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.6°N and 64.6°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 838 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 25 Mar 1978
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1976-063
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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