CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0075
BION 11 DEB
BION 11 DEB (NORAD 24706) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 March 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24706
International designator
1996-073C
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
24 Dec 1996Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Mar 1997UTC calendar day
Time since launch
2 months76 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
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 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.
Life in orbit
BION 11 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Mar 1997
1 entryFrom the same launch
1996-073
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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