CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1978-0316
COSMOS 397 DEB
COSMOS 397 DEB (NORAD 5415) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 July 1978.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5415
International designator
1971-015BM
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jul 1978UTC calendar day
Time since launch
7 years, 4 months2,691 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
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 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 397 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 9 Jul 1978
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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