RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
COSMOS 970 DEB *
COSMOS 970 DEB * (NORAD 20327) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 7 October 2026.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
20327
International designator
1977-121BY
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
21 Dec 1977Baikonur Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
7 Oct 2026UTC calendar day
Time since launch
48 years, 9 months17,822 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 970 DEB *’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 7 Oct 2026
6 entriesFrom the same launch
1977-121
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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