CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2002-0368
COSMOS 397 DEB
COSMOS 397 DEB (NORAD 19318) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 31 August 2002.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
19318
International designator
1971-015DR
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
31 Aug 2002UTC calendar day
Time since launch
31 years, 6 months11,510 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.7°N to 65.7°SFinal inclination 65.7°
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 65.7°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.7°N and 65.7°S.
Life in orbit
COSMOS 397 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 31 Aug 2002
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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