CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0093
COSMOS 397 DEB
COSMOS 397 DEB (NORAD 19829) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 February 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19829
International designator
1971-015DT
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Feb 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 years7,307 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.7°N to 65.7°SFinal inclination 65.7°
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 65.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.7°N and 65.7°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 397 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Feb 1991
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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