CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1992-0114
COSMOS 397 DEB
COSMOS 397 DEB (NORAD 5095) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 April 1992.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5095
International designator
1971-015V
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Apr 1992UTC calendar day
Time since launch
21 years, 1 month7,723 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.5°N to 65.5°SFinal inclination 65.5°
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 65.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.5°N and 65.5°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 397 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Apr 1992
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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