CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1983-0401
ELEKTRON 4
ELEKTRON 4 (NORAD 830) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 12 October 1983, after 19 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
830
International designator
1964-038B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
10 Jul 1964Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
12 Oct 1983UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
19 years, 3 months7,033 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.9°N to 65.9°SFinal inclination 65.9°
Mass
444 kg
Operator
OKB-1
Built by
OKB-1
Bus
Object D
Programme
ObjectD
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 65.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.9°N and 65.9°S.
Life in orbit
19 years, 3 monthsELEKTRON 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 12 Oct 1983
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1964-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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