CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0180
COSMOS 397 DEB
COSMOS 397 DEB (NORAD 5273) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 April 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5273
International designator
1971-015BC
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Apr 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
20 years, 1 month7,363 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.6°N to 65.6°SFinal inclination 65.6°
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 65.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.6°N and 65.6°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 397 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Apr 1991
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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