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Entry no.
1978-0178

COSMOS 838 DEB

COSMOS 838 DEB (NORAD 10106) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10106
International designator
1976-063AH
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
2 Jul 1976Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
1 year, 9 months655 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—

Where it came down

Not on record

No 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 18 Apr 1978

9 entries
1978-0179Kosmos-913 SS 11978-0180Kosmos-913 SS 61978-0181Kosmos-913 SS 121978-0182Kosmos-913 SS 161978-0183Kosmos-913 SS 191978-0174PAGEOS 1 DEB1978-0175DELTA 1 DEB1978-0176DELTA 1 DEB1978-0177COSMOS 838 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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