CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1965-0238
COSMOS 17
COSMOS 17 (NORAD 580) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 2 June 1965, after 2 years in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
580
International designator
1963-017A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
22 May 1963Kapustin Yar
Re-entered (UTC)
2 Jun 1965UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years742 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
48.9°N to 48.9°SFinal inclination 48.9°
Mass
220 kg
Operator
OKB-586
Built by
OKB-586
Bus
DS
Programme
DS-A1
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 yearsCOSMOS 17’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Came down with COSMOS 17
3 entriesFrom the same launch
1963-017
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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