CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0520
COSMOS 397 DEB
COSMOS 397 DEB (NORAD 5532) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 16 October 1981.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5532
International designator
1971-015BW
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
16 Oct 1981UTC calendar day
Time since launch
10 years, 7 months3,886 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.8°N to 65.8°SFinal inclination 65.8°
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 65.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.8°N and 65.8°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 397 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 16 Oct 1981
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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