CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1997-0221
SL-4 DEB
SL-4 DEB (NORAD 24888) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 August 1997.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
24888
International designator
1997-038C
Object type
Fragment
Country
Russia
Parent launched
5 Aug 1997Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Aug 1997UTC calendar day
Time since launch
3 days3 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
51.6°N to 51.6°SFinal inclination 51.6°
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 51.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 51.6°N and 51.6°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 8 Aug 1997
2 entriesFrom the same launch
1997-038
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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