CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0169
COSMOS 999 DEB
COSMOS 999 DEB (NORAD 10799) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 April 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10799
International designator
1978-033D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
30 Mar 1978Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Apr 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
17 days17 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
71.4°N to 71.4°SFinal inclination 71.4°
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 71.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 71.4°N and 71.4°S.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1978-033Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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