CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0011
COSMOS 317 DEB
COSMOS 317 DEB (NORAD 4291) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 9 January 1970.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
4291
International designator
1969-109D
Object type
Fragment
Country
USSR
Parent launched
23 Dec 1969Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
9 Jan 1970UTC calendar dayAlso recorded as 8 Jan 1970
Time since launch
17 days17 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
65.4°N to 65.4°SFinal inclination 65.4°
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 65.4°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 65.4°N and 65.4°S.
Life in orbit
Also ended on 9 Jan 1970
1 entryFrom the same launch
1969-109
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1970-0011
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.
Record version 1 · No corrections · orbitalradar.com/register/1970-0011
© 2026 Orbital Radar. Cite this entry by its number; the register itself may not be copied.