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Entry no.
1978-0217

SALYUT 6 DEB

SALYUT 6 DEB (NORAD 10596) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 May 1978.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
10596
International designator
1977-097J
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
29 Sep 1977Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
14 May 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 months227 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

Also ended on 14 May 1978

1 entry
1978-0218SL-4 DEB

From the same launch

1977-097
1977-0425SL-13 R/B1982-0280SALYUT 6
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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