CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1962-0073
COSMOS 6 (SPUTNIK 16)
COSMOS 6 (SPUTNIK 16) (NORAD 338) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 September 1962, after 2 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
338
International designator
1962-028A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Jun 1962Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Sep 1962UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 months70 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.9°N to 48.9°SFinal inclination 48.9°
Mass
240 kg
Operator
OKB-586 / PVO
Built by
OKB-586
Bus
DS-P1
Programme
DS-P1
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 48.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 48.9°N and 48.9°S.
Life in orbit
2 monthsCOSMOS 6 (SPUTNIK 16)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 8 Sep 1962
1 entryFrom the same launch
1962-028
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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