RECORD OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry number
Certificate pending
MERIDIAN 4
MERIDIAN 4 (NORAD 37398) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 20 July 2026, after 15 years, 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
37398
International designator
2011-018A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
4 May 2011Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
20 Jul 2026UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 2 months5,556 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
62.1°N to 62.1°SFinal inclination 62.1°
Mass
2,000 kg
Operator
KVR
Built by
Resehetnev ISS
Bus
Meridian
Programme
Meridian
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 62.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.1°N and 62.1°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 2 monthsMERIDIAN 4’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 20 Jul 2026
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2011-018
Recorded in the Orbital Register™. The certificate and its permanent entry number follow once the record is complete.
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