CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1988-0195
COSMOS 397 DEB
COSMOS 397 DEB (NORAD 18692) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 1 April 1988.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
18692
International designator
1971-015DL
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
1 Apr 1988UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 23 Apr 1988
Time since launch
17 years, 1 month6,245 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
64.4°N to 64.4°SFinal inclination 64.4°
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 64.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.4°N and 64.4°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 397 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 1 Apr 1988
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1971-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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