CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1991-0403
COSMOS 970 DEB
COSMOS 970 DEB (NORAD 19393) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 15 September 1991.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19393
International designator
1977-121BT
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
21 Dec 1977Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
15 Sep 1991UTC calendar day
Time since launch
13 years, 8 months5,016 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 970 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 15 Sep 1991
4 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-121
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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