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Entry no.
2025-1433

COSMOS 397 DEB *

COSMOS 397 DEB * (NORAD 5597) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 September 2025.

Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
5597
International designator
1971-015CA
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
25 Feb 1971Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Sep 2025UTC calendar day
Time since launch
54 years, 6 months19,913 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
66.5°N to 66.5°SFinal inclination 66.5°

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 66.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 66.5°N and 66.5°S.

Life in orbit

COSMOS 397 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.

Also ended on 2 Sep 2025

6 entries
2025-1438DJIBOUTI-1A2025-1434PSLV DEB2025-1435DMSP 5D-2 F11 DEB2025-1436CZ-6A DEB2025-1437CZ-6A DEB2025-1439CZ-6A DEB

From the same launch

1971-015
1971-0048SL-11 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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