CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2014-0222
COSMOS 397 DEB
COSMOS 397 DEB (NORAD 17663) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 4 May 2014.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
17663
International designator
1971-015DB
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
4 May 2014UTC calendar day
Time since launch
43 years, 2 months15,774 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 397 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 4 May 2014
1 entryFrom the same launch
1971-015
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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