CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0009
COSMOS 317 DEB
COSMOS 317 DEB (NORAD 4290) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 8 January 1970.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4290
International designator
1969-109C
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
23 Dec 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
8 Jan 1970UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 9 Jan 1970
Time since launch
16 days16 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.5°N to 65.5°SFinal inclination 65.5°
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 65.5°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.5°N and 65.5°S.
Life in orbit
From the same launch
1969-109
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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